I believe Marx would agree with my thesis that the rise of internet networking technology has made relationships less intimate. Marx asks "Does improved technology mean progress?"(77).
I believe Marx would agree with my thesis that the rise of internet networking technology has made relationships less intimate. Marx asks "Does improved technology mean progress?"(77). the case of the internet, many believe that social networking sites have brought millions of people closer together. If this was the case, I would definitely consider this progress. However, internet networking sites, such as Facebook, have made relationships less intimate. No longer is it necessary for people to communicate with each other by a face to face meeting or even a simple phone call. Marx questions to what "social ends" the technological advances are being used for. To what social ends has internet social networking been used for? On Facebook, it seems that instead of compiling a list of your close friends that you want to regularly correspond with, it quickly turns into a large list of your close friends, more people you may have heard of, and others still that you may or may not know.
Marx discusses the worth of technological improvements in relation to the social progress they bring about. I think Marx would consider internet networking sites to have no social progress. If anything, Marx would probably agree that internet networking sites have negatively affected social progress. As internet networking sites continue to grow, the relationships of their users will continue to decline in quality, as less and less importance is placed on people and social skills. Therefore, the social skills needed to meet people that may eventually become a person's closest friends or spouse will continue to decline. I think Marx would agree that the rise of internet networking sites is a technological improvement that makes no social progress.
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