Monday Reflection Week 9

We have all experienced that social place is not limited to physical place (anymore). As I have mentioned at the beginning of the class (first post) I really had negative views of cyber space since it has been misused in so many ways (popularizing pornography, promoting individualism, piracy and many more). Of course there are good aspects to it (instant communication to anywhere in the world, sharing of ideas trading of good [yeh~ ebay] and etc…). I guess in any issue there will always be the positives and the negatives. Either way the fact is that cyberspace, the idea discussed in class: “more and more our lives will be influenced by people we haven’t met face to face,” is a reality to us. It is something we can not just avoid it or disregard. It was good that in class we reflected on it and how it would relate to the mission of the Church. I don’t just want to jump in conclusion and say “oh, then we could use the internet as tools.” I believe there is something deeper into in then that. The cyberspace is not just another tool but a whole new way of seeing society and interaction with other human beings. I am sure things are going to start changing even faster as the technology progresses. I just hope I will ready for it.