I am not sure it is very important to have a cyber life, Coug. In terms of important things, I would personally rank it extremely low. I enjoy SI primarily because my family members are all interested in different things than I am, and therefore it is a chance to talk about a variety of subjects that go thud at the dinner table when I bring them up.
So for me it is intellectually stimulating. I have a few actual friends I met here whose lives I enjoy sharing a bit of vicariously, and I think it is a treat to be able to talk to people who don't even live in America, or are farmers, or writers, or epidemiologists or whatever--people who don't live in my neighborhood. The exposure to a lot of negativity is a definite downer, though. I think if SI isn't making you feel mostly good, on balance, it's good to take a break, and also to severely limit the threads you participate in. I'm pretty sure that you don't NEED SI, Coug, and you might even be happier taking a long breather from it. When I am here too much, I tend to lose my objectivity and sense of balance.
I am really interested in the Lewis & Clark expedition, but cannot watch it on tv because we just gave tv up completely. Everyone was watching it too much. So now we are reading and playing games and spending time outside. |
