Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier

While a customer dropped off a Mac which was in need of service today, she told me about a provocative documentary on Frontline. Since 1983 this American public affairs series on PBS has a tradition of always being insightful and thought provoking. It explores a wide range of issues with a quality and depth all its own. Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier continues that tradition.

This documentary asks the question: What does it mean to be human in a 21st-century digital world?

Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from the way we learn and work to the ways in which we socialize and even conduct war. But is the technology moving faster than we can adapt to it? And is our 24/7 wired world causing us to lose as much as we've gained?

In Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier, award-winning producer Rachel Dretzin continues a line of investigation she began with the 2008 FRONTLINE report Growing Up Online, where she embarks on a journey to understand the implications of living in a world consumed by technology and the impact that this constant connectivity may have on future generations. "I'm amazed at the things my kids are able to do online, but I'm also a little bit panicked when I realize that no one seems to know where all this technology is taking us, or its long-term effects," says Dretzin.

Visit the PBS web site and check out this fascinating documentary for yourself.