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I agree completely that physical interaction is very important and a necessity. I don't agree that technology is a large contributor to social phobia. It enables social phobias and it will allow it to get worse but you are applying the traits of the individual to the tool. The tool is just a tool. It can be used to further socialization and it can be used to further anti-socialization.

Online games are temporary fun and involvement if you use the tool to create temporary connections. The same tool can be used to create lasting and permanent connections.

The same can be applied to the concept of actually talking to people and taking in their features and hearing their voice and making eye contact. Technology allows you to do this with people all over the world whereas without contemporary technology you were limited by physical space. A perfect example is my wife whose family lives 8,000 miles away from her. With technology she can achieve face to face socializing whereas without contemporary technology she would be limited to collect calls and letters.

Technology is an amplifier and an enabler.
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