Opinion: Are online users more immoral than other people?

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Quick! What u think?

Digital media. Confusing? Rapid images. Changes. Throw you? Prompt immoral behavior? No think time. Can’t consider. Just react. Bad choices.

Online pandering? U bet. Online pondering? No way.

New study. USC. Thinks so. Human brain reactions. Different speeds 4 different stimuli.

Pain? Quick! Fear? Same!

Compassion? Sloooww. Admiration? Yaaawwn. Empathy? Zzzzzzz. Emotional involvement? What?

Serious implications. TV 2. Quick cuts. Venus. Victory. Vulture. Attention spans. Short.

And shorter.

What?

Unlistening.

Online. Scan fast. Grab info. Click. Gone. Pop-ups. Grab too. Click. Tiny bits. React. No. Real. Thinking.

Books? Ha! No time. Savor words? Why? 2 busy.

Eggheads afraid. Emotional costs. High. Long-term. What then? Reboot.

One guy. Talks forever: “If things are happening too fast, you may not ever fully experience emotions about other people’s psychological states and that would have implications for your morality.”

Yada-yada.

Tweet that!

-- Andrew Malcolm

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