Ken, You have somewhat of a point, but, not to worry. Now they have headphones and converse with friends while they play their games. How do I know? I had to buy one of those gaming headphones for my grandson for his last birthday and he has lots of social contact with friends while playing. Even sees them on the screen while playing. And they still have play dates and sleep overs and little league and girl and boy scouts, and lessons of various kinds; much depends on parents. I don't think you're right about not liking cars though. Everyone still loves cars, young to old. I see youngsters running around and excitedly taking pictures and discussing cars at Super Car Sundays, and shows, all the time. What we have to worry about is this. Do you recall Woody Allen's movie, "Sleeper?" Not only were people glued to their huge monitors to hear from "Big Brother," but they also had a walk-in machine (kind of like an old phone booth) for other "Activities" that replaced human contact. Don't think we're quite there yet. How did he know what was to be, so long ago? Laurie -----Original Message----- From: Ken Green <kenn_green@yahoo.com> To: laurieferrari <laurieferrari@aol.com>; detomaso <detomaso@server.detomasolist.com> Sent: Mon, Aug 15, 2016 11:02 am Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Sam Laurie, The same young people spend the rest of the day glued to their smart phones unaware of the physical world around them. I suspect they also have no interest in cars unless the cars are in a video game. They have one foot in the Matrix and would not object to living in virtual realty if that could be arranged. I worry about the future of mankind. Ken Ken, You have somewhat of a point, but, not to worry. Now they have headphones and converse with friends while they play their games. How do I know? I had to buy one of those gaming headphones for my grandson for his last birthday and he has lots of social contact with friends while playing. Even sees them on the screen while playing. And they still have play dates and sleep overs and little league and girl and boy scouts, and lessons of various kinds; much depends on parents. I don't think you're right about not liking cars though. Everyone still loves cars, young to old. I see youngsters running around and excitedly taking pictures and discussing cars at Super Car Sundays, and shows, all the time. What we have to worry about is this. Do you recall Woody Allen's movie, "Sleeper?" Not only were people glued to their huge monitors to hear from "Big Brother," but they also had a walk-in machine (kind of like an old phone booth) for other "Activities" that replaced human contact. Don't think we're quite there yet. How did he know what was to be, so long ago? Laurie -----Original Message----- From: Ken Green <kenn_green@yahoo.com> To: laurieferrari <laurieferrari@aol.com>; detomaso <detomaso@server.detomasolist.com> Sent: Mon, Aug 15, 2016 11:02 am Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Sam Laurie, The same young people spend the rest of the day glued to their smart phones unaware of the physical world around them. I suspect they also have no interest in cars unless the cars are in a video game. They have one foot in the Matrix and would not object to living in virtual realty if that could be arranged. I worry about the future of mankind. Ken