Pope Warns About Technology Isolation

Thomas Peters over at American Papist says you shouldn't read too many blogs. You can read his and mine too. But he's quoting Pope Benedict XVI so he can't be too wrong, I guess:

I hope I'm not being ironic by spreading this news ... on my blog:

Students today are in danger of losing this balance [between solitude and communion], the Holy Father explained, due to the increased use of information technologies. “On the one hand, they run the risk of a growing reduction in their capacity for concentration and mental application on an individual level; on the other, that of isolating themselves individually in an increasingly virtual reality.”

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