One Luddite view is that the internet opens us to others & cuts us off from the world. Lawler had stated that, “it increases our openness to all the people of the world while freeing or isolating us from other, particular persons.” I agree with this. With all of the social media circulating the internet such as Facebook, Skype, YouTube, etc. we have the ability to learn about, speak, and meet with various people with different cultural backgrounds from all around the world (if we so “choose” to put ourselves in situations that involve diverse communities). However, for the most part, people now use the internet as a form of avoiding physical, face to face communication. For example, many people, including myself, have used apps that require
