Dichotomy of the Cyber World

Today's discussion about the utopian society vs. dysopian society of the interenet shed some light to me on the positives and negatives of the globalized community. Although the discussion barely scratched the surface it brought up some very negative memories of how the internet can erode the physical and mental well-being of an individual close to you. I will continue with drawing from personal experiences to add my blogs.
The scene of Farenheit 451 of the show connecting with its audience was eery. The TV show was like a mix between a "choose your own adventure" book, a classroom quiz, and a cable network drama. It was eery in the sense that you could tell the character Linda was sucked it and there was no escape, accounting to the visual presence of the source of her information. The man's gaze was hypnotizing, his tone uncompromising and impatient, and Linda, being the good citizen, couldn't help but obey her master by answering the question in a hurried tone to the best of her knowledge. The TV show was like a mix between a "choose your own adventure" book and a cable network drama.
<<Graemsci>> A beauty of the internet is blogs like this where no idea or thought can go punished because the anonymity that a "screenname" offers. It is a true freedom of speech. Being a Kobe Bryant and Laker I love to go to YouTube and talk smack on LeBron James and say Kobe is better than even Michael Jordan. It's a way for me to voice superiority without the fear of being challenged, a high that many can attest to.
<<Material body>> Unfortunately the internet is not the link between mind, spirit, and body. World of Warcraft (WoW) is an role-playing game (RPG) that is advertised as promoting teamwork, community, and an escape from the bland, boring world. A very good friend of mine got hooked on WoW back in 2005. I literally did not see or hear from him until late 2006. My father, who has always been an internet junkie, had a worsening injury to his knee to the point of a necessary surgery to repair a torn miniscus. During the recovery stages, his computer was entertainment and company. This connection to his laptop bred to another unhealthy point; he refused to set aside time to rehab his knee to spend time in chatrooms and now has no better function of his knee than before the surgery.
This entrancing nature of digital media is destructive and unchallenging to an always developing mind. Yes, the immediate access to free entertainment is relaxing and computers can create endless opportunities for one searching for the right thing in the right place. But it can easily turn into a "needle in the haystack" search for opportunity and can result in a journey down a road to nowhere. The beauty of literature is there is a beginning and an end, affording time before and after for one's own physical health and time for others close to you. That is, the one's close to you in the physical world.