"Mr. Nass at Stanford thinks the ultimate risk of heavy technology 
use is that it diminishes empathy by limiting how much people engage 
with one another, even in the same room.

"The way we become more human is by paying attention to each other," 
he said. "It shows how much you care."

That empathy, Mr. Nass said, is essential to the human condition. "We 
are at an inflection point," he said. "A significant fraction of 
people's experiences are now fragmented.""

<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html?pagewanted=all>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html?pagewanted=all 



www.peoplewho.org