Face it!

One of the most intriguing questions that confronts us is how the proliferation of communications technologies that diminish faceto-face interaction will alter the human countenance. Fax machines, e-mail, phones--all increase the ease and frequency of communication, yet decrease the need to actually see and read partners' faces. Part of the wonder of the evolved face has been its nuanced response to the countenances around it. What will become of our features-our faces--if they can't react to those of others?