What The Tech?
I have for many years served as an Organizational Development Consultant who has helped many organizations manage change. Additionally, I am a Registered Yoga Teacher who has assisted many people in transforming their lives.
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in-touch (with speed) really satisfy our true needs or does it actually take us further away from truly getting in-touch? In other words, are we artificially stayin' in-touch with each other and our world?
Let's see, we utilize cellphones, desktops, wii, laptops, PDAs, GPSs, ipods, MP3s, XM Satelite Radios, Plasma TVs, Game Consoles, iphones, Blue Ray Players, 3Gs, 2-Way Radios, LED TVs, Portable DVD Players, Notebooks, LCD TVs and Camcorders to engage in Twittering, Google Reader,
Google, Real-time apps, Facebook, Seesmic, Linkedin, Wi-fi, Tweetdeck, Google Wave, Firefox, Mozilla, ebid, Blogging, Satelite TV, You-Tube, ebay, Myspace, ubid, yahoo, cable TV and wireless internet. I can sit in my car and speak to my phone and it will dial someone. I can actually receive real-time driving directions from a little screen (with a voice) in my car.
Without regard to my age, I can clearly remember when we had nothing resembling cellphones, laptops, etc. We had to use a corded dial-up telephone or wait to see someone (face-to-face) to make contact. Is our dependency upon all of this voice-activated, real-time, remote-controlled stuff really that great? I even understand that we are quickly moving toward a gesture-based, touch-free interaction with technology. Can you imagine, I smirk and my satelite radio changes stations? So, does this mean that we will soon be getting in-touch without touching anything? Hey, I'm jus askin' cause I'm one of those people who likes to touch stuff. Anything.
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silkysoul said:
Tech advances certainly have more clearly defined the generation gap, and I'm not so sure it's a good thing. If I don't answer my personal cell phone at work, then my teenage daughter feels slighted. Ummmm....I'm AT WORK!!!
Convenience of contacting someone has strained the civilities and politness protocol that has been developed since the rise of the middle-class. If I called my mama at work, I'd have better been bleeding out of both ears AND in the middle of an asthma attack!
And, back in the day, don't let me be standing in a line at a bank, grocery or confessional, and be talking to someone while trying to be served. That server would've said "Come back when you're not busy. Next!" Nowadays, folks be on their phones with no regard to the person serving them.
"In touch"?!? I'd say that manners are falling "out of touch" with the new generation with all of this communication convenience.
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