The title of this TED presentation is somewhat misleading. It is not about Internet, or only Internet.

She did start off with some examples about how people like to engage with a small group of people all the time; and with the current technology, we are able to do it better than ever. However, the main point of her final argument is: "Should we be allowed to engaged with our personal life while being in an 'institution' ?"


via Guy Kawasaki

I know some people might pick on how she thought a bus driver should be OK to carry a cell. But that's not the point.

I mean, personal engagement is part of the physical needs. In order to focus at work and perform, we need the right work/life balance. Of course the actually executions have to be depending on the situation, but the principle is simple: I see that as the same level as letting the staff to the bathroom.

And more importantly, the fact is, according to the statistics (that she has collected, assuming they are unbias), people are naturally doing that anyway. Well, obviously you can tell I am already on her side, coz otherwise I won't post this video at 10:30am in the morning on a weekday. =p

By the way there is an ad by IBM at the end of the video. Quite interesting, but a bit scary.


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Most people certainly don't need the Internet to enable intimacy. You just need to be poor, jobless or underemployed. Most kids can't afford to have their own place so they live with their parents even when they are in their 30s. Poor folks live in caged tenement buildings. People who take public transportation every day. They all know a thing or two about intimacy, the unwanted kind.

I guess I know what you are trying to say. And that's very true. But that is the "physical distance", not the real intimacy with real communication and interaction. That's why when we ride MTR, we need to plugin our ear buds. We want to create the personal space to avoid the real intimacy and unwanted interactions with strangers. And sadly put, that's why kids listen to their MP3 with their ear buds on, even at home.