1) The document discusses how technology and social media are impacting social lives and isolation. It notes that over 500 million people use social networks and the number of people living alone is increasing. 2) The startup repOUT is presented as a social networking platform to help people explore life offline by accessing their network anywhere, updating their location and status, and creating a database of people, places, and cities. 3) Benefits mentioned include combating social apathy and virtual world addiction, meeting people with similar interests, and expanding real networks.

1. Do you know that... ... There are one million youth in japan who locks themselves in their bedrooms? ... More than 500 million people are using social network websites? ... The number of people living by themselves than people living as a part of a traditional nuclear family increasing?

3. Location and status updates

5. Meeting people with similar interests and expanding their real network

6. Provide possibilities for people to experience new aspects of life

8. Burçin Gezen, Photographer & Visual Communication Student “In the future, there will be no major innovations and changes in terms of technology.” Eun Hae Kim, Medical Student “Internet limits people physically.” Virtual freedom provided by the internet usage results in dissocialisation in real life. What we want to do about this problem is solving it by using internet itself.

10. In 20 years, how will technology affect and manipulate the social lives of individuals?

11. In 20 years, what are the developements you expect in terms of technology and its effects on people’s lives? Is there anything you wish to happen in 20 years, or is there anything you expect but do not want to happen in the mean time?