[The virtual life] has transformed our society into one of hostile strangers. When people no longer identify with their world and with each other, they will look upon both with distrust. Instead of seeing society as a shared home, they will view it as a halfway house to which they owe neither love nor loyalty.

[The virtual life] has transformed our society into one of hostile strangers. When people no longer identify with their world and with each other, they will look upon both with distrust. Instead of seeing society as a shared home, they will view it as a halfway house to which they owe neither love nor loyalty.