ABSTRACT

The huge share of market of other smaller manufactures is a reminder of the situation with personal computers in 1992, when they were the most popular communication device. "Productivity is the real critical determinant of real income growth over the long term," wrote Michael E. Porter. Research by NBCNews.comNBCNews.com showed the largest group of viewers of Internet porn in 2004 was of age between twelve and seventeen years old. Japan is either an exception or the forerunner of global sexual habits or addictions. "Hundreds of thousands of young men are known as hikikomori, shut-ins who eschew human contact and spend their days playing video games and reading comics in their parents' homes." The Internet draws us into an impersonal and artificial world in which we become dehumanized by technology and where reality is distorted by alienating us from the real world outside.