At first this might sound like an apparent contradiction: how can something,that is on the one hand responsible for global unification by enabling the free exchange of ideas,alienate the participants?

• 乍听起来这似乎是个明显的矛盾：能够促成思想自由交流从而达到全球统一的因特网，怎么又会使其参与者感情疏远了呢?