Philosopher Hubert Dreyfus (2001) joined up with Borgmann at the beginning of critical engagement utilizing the ethical probabilities of the world-wide-web; like Borgmann, Dreyfus’s reflections regarding the ethical measurement of online sociality evince an over-all suspicion of these systems as an impoverished replacement for the thing that is real. Like Borgmann, Dreyfus’s suspicion can be informed by their phenomenological origins, which lead him to target their attention that is critical on Internet’s suspension system of completely embodied presence. (more…)