The previous conversation, continued ...
She: "The same day you sent this [article], I watched a little of the Today Show and they were talking about a company ... where people could set up an avatar of themselves and hang out with their "friends" in a virtual community.
"Now I think I am beginning to understand how machines are going to take over the world -- a little at a time and on the Internet. Pretty soon we won't need real people? Or face-to-face relationships? Hope I am dead before that happens! :-) "
Me: "Hate to tell you this, it's already happening! ... It sounds just like MySpace, Facebook and a hundred other social networking sites vying for world domination. (Kidding ... mostly.) I personally have many online friendships and already do much of my shopping and business online. Younger people are even more into it than I am. The current generation in college can't imagine life without cellphones, text messaging, email, the Web, instant messaging.
"But don't worry, I think kids will always want the face to face of partying, hanging out with friends, and other kinds of socializing. People will always need human contact."
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