technology

Technology is making life more convenient and enjoyable in which many of us are getting healthier, wealthier, and wiser. It is also affecting work, family, and the economy in unpredictable ways by introducing new forms of distractions, and posing threats to our physical communities. In Michael Heim’s essay, “The Cyberspace Dialectic,” he classifies the characteristics of people within our society by coining the terms “Naïve Realists” and “Network Idealists.” A naïve realist …

…of virtual life” (379). What Heim is saying is that virtual realism is a thin line between a neaive realist and a network idealist. It makes a seperation between the two terms allowing it to split down the middle. Heim is trying to make us realize that there is an “in between” between a naïve realist and a network idealist. It sways between the two while at the same time balancing both of their differences.