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/^t/When it comes to the view that imagination is not a means of significant contribution to interhuman relationships, one can say that each "toy" of the electronic wonderland isolates us from one another. Spending long hours in front of a computer screen - probably the best invention of the 20th century's - moves people into self-seclusion. This form of entertainment seems to be a sheer waste of time in that it brings about a mechanical, disillusioned mentality and inhibits emotional development. People cannot realize their visions about friendship when sitting in front of video and thinking passively, like robots devoid of feelings. Thus it should not be machines that are most needed by a man, but it should be another man as P.Holbach, a famous artist once said <*>. Only when people did not make a considerable effort to transfer their mirages into real life, would they not be able to stand a chance of forming constructive relationships with others.