There's no doubt that the input & output observation is spot-on.  Ultimately, one could be obtuse and insist that, no, it's *all* about the outputs (or the inputs!) if one was to limit his/her perspective on the issue.  I love your observation, though, because it gently forces open our observational capacity to remember that there are two sides to every coin.

And, as you suggest elsewhere in this article, the narrowing perspective which accompanies (defines?) online interaction is almost certainly part of what drives the callousness and uncharitable tone we generally encounter in the virtual world.  Most attempts to remind us that we are not, in fact, the center of the universe (even though, according to physicists, we probably *should* consider ourselves the center of our own individual universes) are so heavy-handed and, frankly, insulting and/or abusive that they end up driving us further apart rather than drawing us closer together.  This idea seems like one that could (in a relatively narrow was) help draw us together as we attempt to genuinely understand each other.

Great article.  I fully approve of the idea for an ongoing series of articles, with a unifying theme to each one (current events seems too cliched and likely to evoke heated passions-of-the-moment...but it might end up being the best anchor point to start conversations with) to keep things more or less on the rails (like with the Korners).

Stellar idea, DaddyO.