Community 2000

Community 2000 Communicating in the 20th century is no problem. There are various ways to get in touch with someone. In fact, it seems as if a new way of communicating comes up every year, and each new way makes the last one seem obsolete. People can communicate by mail, telephone, facsimile, electronic mail, chat rooms, and conference programs such as AOL instant messenger and internet relay chat. Some ways are quick; some are not. Some …

…a real community. There is nothing like sharing an experience with a friend, an experience that will be remembered for years to come. What you have been through with that person constructs and develops your relationship through the years. There is not much to be experienced through words on a screen. The internet can make a real community easily accessible to itself, but it can not build a real community nor replace a real community.