Emergence, development, and evolution.

My classmates below brought up two interesting points about the way the word is changing, and how we shape ourselves now through communication. The fact that we now are evolving into being virtual communicators over face-to-face ones can affect many aspects of our lives. Interaction starts when we are young children. If we learn to interact through screens, will that affect childhood development? We eat with a fork, spoon, and knife now. However, fingers and were customary during the “cave people” era. Now we view that as wrong, messy, and animal like. If we saw a person eating food with their hands at a high-class restaurant, we would be turned off. However, it seems as though as we enter the “jetsons like” era, students as young as 6 years old will be able to email their teachers when they are absent from class, and ask what did they miss oppose to waiting until they return. Now the question is, is this good or bad? Can evolution of technology affect development of people?