Technology can make a person into anything they want to be. Of course everything else becomes atavistic in the bright-screened glare that is its face. Technology; Macbooks, Dells (well, maybe not Dells), iPhones, Blackberry, they all allow you to take away the aspects of your character that you don't like. The schizophrenic becomes friendly, the nerd becomes a jock, and the jock becomes a 25-year old "free spirit" named Shelly. Anyone can be anything thanks to the Internet and sites like Facebook, Twitter, Craigslist, and Match.com. Life as we know it has changed. Men and women are not couples until they are "Facebook official". The crazed child predator down the block has now been caught being a creeper on live television and Internet feeds worldwide, thanks to the rise of shows like "To Catch a Predator". A famously nerdy Dungeons and Dragons top wizard number 2, 143.25 can instantly become an athlete, a husband, a woman; all at the touch of a few keys. The truth is, technology has made all of us atavistic.
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