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Nothing compares to an original idea. No matter the success brought on by copying another, there will never be a reward greater than knowing that you have thought a thought no one else will ever think.

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  A comment on Conversation: Are video games dehumanizing gamers?

  Sep 24 2012: Thank you for asking for me to clarify. By "dehumanized" I mean are the people that play video games becoming shells of what we consider human? Are the tendencies that arise from video games leading people to become less human, and lose our ability to show empathy and consideration towards others? Or have we always had these tendencies, and are expressing these pre conceived notions through video games?

• A comment on Conversation: Should we limit our use of cellphones, internet and TV to get back our mental peace?

  Sep 24 2012: Technology and the growth of the electronics we consume and produce has pushed our world further and so much faster than many other inventions in history. The ability to connect anywhere in the world has increased our communication with foreign people and countries by an incredible margin, people can learn of other cultures around the world at the push of a button, and the sharing of information and education is almost limitless with great minds from around the world able to come together to discuss science, mathematics, and any other field imaginable. The rapid growth of our technologies has created a world of innovators willing to make something new, wether it be a device or web service that pushes what we have done before, and helps out people across the globe. The great inventions that we see pop up almost everyday have led to jobs being created globally, and have greatly helped bring countries into the age of technology. From cell phones in fishing villages on the other side of the globe, to better and smarter tools for teaching here, technology has brought people in the next age of learning, and living. I can't imagine a situation where what has been brought to us by the technological age we live in has not completely overcompensated for some of its downfalls such as leading to more distracted every day living. Every great invention will have some down sides to it; yet you can hardly blame the technology itself for the distracted and distraught users. Like virtually everything else we come across it is not the people who spend controlled and moderated amounts of time on the internet and playing games that are causing the problem of addiction to devices, it is those who spend more time than they ought to on their electronics that are becoming unresponsive to human contact. With just simply controlling the time we spend on our devices and not in the real world, the technological age presents no damage or danger to people, and can only stand to enlighten us.