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Monday, October 25, 2010
All gone
Until we need to remember that is
I am talking about communications before cell or mobile phones
We have already got so used to our mobile phones that when we forget them or leave them at home we can feel quite lost or frustrated
Frustrated that we do not have the ability to talk to whoever we want at that exact moment
Irritated as we look around for another phone
Borrow one from whoever we happen to be with
Being able to talk to whoever we want whenever we want is a double edged sword as we all know
Not wanting to communicate with someone means now we have invented new excuses
Not wanting to receive communications from someone we have invented other excuses
In just a few short years our personal communications have changed
Moved to a new level of immediacy
Some are slaves to these new devices
Others disciplined to turn them off when they want to
And all of us with very few exceptions have one or more now
Probably more of us have mobile phones than have computers per se
Now we see people sitting together in restaurants both talking on their mobile phones, and not to each other for sure
People walking along the streets totally engrossed in their mobile phone conversations
Texting on buses
And so the list goes on and why not?
Mobile or cell phones offer the freedom to do many things
A thought though if people become so engrossed in their mobile phones what else changes?
We are changing our communications, have already as a result of them
What next?
Started with the sound bites of TV when we got used to shallow abbreviations of communications about events or situations
As time went on we got used to news items being 30 seconds and a few segments of film thrown in
Then along came our mobile phones and we started doing the same with our texting, abbreviating everything down to the minimum possible
Then along came twitter and many have gone to an even shallower level
So we all type better or more frequently than we did before all this came along
We learnt to abbreviate
And in so doing become shallower
Moving with great speed through our days communicating more frequently
And more shallowly
Where to next?
Is this making everyone move to a different level of life as well as communications?
Always hurrying
No time, just texting
Telephone calls, no time to meet
Meeting then texting while with each other
Talking on the phone to others while with each other
Mmmmm!
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