Creation and Reinforcement of Community as Priceless Value in the Techno World

Abstract

The feeling of community is one of the greatest powers of the man that is a human being, a cogitative and social creature. Thanks to being together, closeness and cooperation the man has managed to cope with much greater power of the animal world and the power of nature. Today we notice certain difficulty connected with great power of the techno world that on one hand provides new possibilities of distant communication and permanent being “together” but on the other it poses a threat of being together only virtually, weakening real relations and real sense of community. The whole issue is a great scientific challenge because there is such a big number of ambivalent evaluations. There are opinions which perceive virtual closeness as invaluable but also those that stress real community is lost. The author of this text believes creation and reinforcement of real community is a necessity of the moment because close observation of social life shows a growing number of people who spend their time alone in virtual reality, hopefully this time spent in the techno world leads to real closeness and community.