The Language of New Media -Manovich Reading Questions:

Do you agree with Manovich that virtual reality technologies will cause us to devolve to such a state that we will be communicating with each other by gestures, body movements and grimaces? Is our current virtual communication through email, and text messaging a step in this direction?

Do you really think that if the free external thinking space that Manovich describes actually comes to be that it will be regulated?  Could this eventually become the end of free thought?