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Anyone over the age of 40 can surely relate to what this guy is saying.
Some of it is truth on whole wheat toast with butter and homemade jam for sure.
Thumbs up to the message this guy is trying to get across.
I'm just not sure there's an easy way to go back to the way things used to be.
Anyone over the age of 40 can surely relate to what this guy is saying.
Some of it is truth on whole wheat toast with butter and homemade jam for sure.
Thumbs up to the message this guy is trying to get across.
I'm just not sure there's an easy way to go back to the way things used to be.
good video, but i don't agree that electronic communication is a net negative. as an introvert, i probably talk to at least five times as many people as i would have without the internet. also, i marvel almost every day that i carry the modern equivalent of the Library of Alexandria on my hip at all times, and the device is the size of my high school calculator.
also, the dude posted this video on the internet and we're discussing it on the internet, so there's that.
Anyone over the age of 40 can surely relate to what this guy is saying.
Some of it is truth on whole wheat toast with butter and homemade jam for sure.
Thumbs up to the message this guy is trying to get across.
I'm just not sure there's an easy way to go back to the way things used to be.
Well he was trying to reach his target audience
I think electronic communication is a tool for good or bad. its just how you use it. a lot of people use it unhealthily.
I went to a nephews ball game awhile back. a group of girls around 14 or 15 were standing there all on their phones and a couple of them were apparently texting each other. oblivious to who everything else going on and well they were standing right next to each other they could have just said it instead.
we're social mammals, and that's not likely to change anytime soon. texting / snapchat or whatever is the new passing notes in class.
Passing notes in class was done because you couldn't talk in class without getting in trouble though. I was illustrating a situation where people were free to talk all they wanted and standing right in front of each other.
text often doesn't convey the whole meaning. regardless of emoticons and all that you often cant accurately convey body language, tone of voice etc in a text.
some people are just more comfortable communicating that way. ****, sometimes my GF and i send each other texts when we're in the same room. then we laugh our asses off. it's all good.
some people are just more comfortable communicating that way. ****, sometimes my GF and i send each other texts when we're in the same room. then we laugh our asses off. it's all good.
good video, but i don't agree that electronic communication is a net negative. as an introvert, i probably talk to at least five times as many people as i would have without the internet. also, i marvel almost every day that i carry the modern equivalent of the Library of Alexandria on my hip at all times, and the device is the size of my high school calculator.
also, the dude posted this video on the internet and we're discussing it on the internet, so there's that.
I made a conscious decision about 15 years ago not to "upgrade" my personal communication devices for the very reasons stated in the video.
I noticed all of the same problems the video points out; the most obvious of which is watching kids "hanging out" together with their eyes (and thumbs) glues to their personal communication devices. They carry on multiple conversations through those devices with each other and people not present. Not looking up even once and connecting eye to eye.
I used to to be the go-to guy for new technology, embracing it for many of the reasons mentioned by other members in response to the OP. However, I changed my mind after long-term first hand observations about the deterioration of actual human interpersonal relations. Now, my friends get annoyed that I refuse to text, skype, or email as my primary method of communication. I insist on face-to-face, or at least a telephone call and have not upgraded from my old flip phone. I know how to use the new tech, I simply refuse to abandon real contact for the mini-contacts such tech engenders.
Yes, technology is helpful when used properly, but IMO it has come to replace true interpersonal relationships with screens and barriers. I find it most amusing that our "introverted" members think they are actually less isolated because they can use this technology to "communicate" without ever having to actually encounter those they are communicating with.
Technology is good when it is used as a minor convenience, but not when it replaces actual human interpersonal activities which is exactly what the video points out.
Agreed. I can still remember the days when I used to write on a notepad all the things I was wondering about, and then I'd have to wait several days before having a chance to go to the library and look them up. Same with the old archaic letters sent by snail mail. It took a week to know how a friend or relative was doing unless you called them directly, at a cost of about 20 cents a minute. Now, we can check out anything we want in minutes and find out how mom and dad are doing several times a week at no cost---which reminds me, I should send an email.
All tools can be used to build things, but they can also destroy things.
Technology is no different than a hammer or a screw driver.
it's all in how it's used
I made a conscious decision about 15 years ago not to "upgrade" my personal communication devices for the very reasons stated in the video.
I noticed all of the same problems the video points out; the most obvious of which is watching kids "hanging out" together with their eyes (and thumbs) glues to their personal communication devices. They carry on multiple conversations through those devices with each other and people not present. Not looking up even once and connecting eye to eye.
I used to to be the go-to guy for new technology, embracing it for many of the reasons mentioned by other members in response to the OP. However, I changed my mind after long-term first hand observations about the deterioration of actual human interpersonal relations. Now, my friends get annoyed that I refuse to text, skype, or email as my primary method of communication. I insist on face-to-face, or at least a telephone call and have not upgraded from my old flip phone. I know how to use the new tech, I simply refuse to abandon real contact for the mini-contacts such tech engenders.
Yes, technology is helpful when used properly, but IMO it has come to replace true interpersonal relationships with screens and barriers. I find it most amusing that our "introverted" members think they are actually less isolated because they can use this technology to "communicate" without ever having to actually encounter those they are communicating with.
Technology is good when it is used as a minor convenience, but not when it replaces actual human interpersonal activities which is exactly what the video points out.
:applaud
It's like people posting "Happy Birthday" on FB. If they really matter to you, then call them, send them card, MAKE A FRICKIN' EFFORT. Last year I got told "HPBD" from at least a dozen people who got a notification that it was my birthday, but couldn't be bothered to even type the words "Happy Birthday". Most of the folks on FB that tell me "Happy Birthday" could have easily taken 2 minutes to call me and instead throw out the least meaningful "Happy Birthday" wishes possible.
Off my soapbox...
I do think that technology is making us less personally involved in each other's lives. It tends to isolate us while at the same substituting information for relationship. We know within minutes of the death of a loved one, but fail to stop and call his widow and tell her how sorry we are. We tell each other what we had for dinner, but rarely share a meal. We'll post pics of Jesus and tell people that if they really love Him, then "like and share", but never sit down with someone and tell them about the love of Christ. We'll spend 20 minutes texting when a 2 minute phone call can accomplish more with less of a risk of someone taking something wrong because they all butthurt over a message presented with almost no emotional content.
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