Virtual Communities

"Virtual communities are a natural response to the hunger for community that has followed the disintegration of traditional communities around the world" (Bell, 2001, p.98).
This quote resembles a case of 'which came first, the chicken or the egg', or a question of origin. Is it because the internet has become so commonplace and influential that our traditional communities have disintegrated? Or is it because traditional communities have fallen apart that we rely on the internet for a response to our need for community?

Thoughts?

What's Out There?

I have this emerging philosophy about faith and a higher power, and I am not sure how to write it down yet, but I am going to give it a shot.

Science can only account for a certain amount of truths in the world. For example, within the realm of the social sciences it is really hard to even presume things about a person because, by nature, we are all different. What if I were to say that this confusion brought about by not being able to claim much of anything about social beings is a result of some 'higher power' trying to confuse us so that we can't figure out more meaningful stuff? Social confusion, in my suggestion is a simple deterrent that means nothing and is tedious and pointless. I am beginning to think that everything is random and pointless. How can we possibly search for meaning in such a mottled mess?