Mass e-mail sent to you and 19 other of their closest friends. One of 457 facebook friends, but definitely in the list of 16 "top friends". Text message sent to you and 14 others to give you the latest update. Kind of makes you feel special huh? Not sure the social networking has much of a personal touch. Wondering am I a friend or someone they are marketing to?
Conversations summed up in 30 words or less. Face to face conversations interrupted by countless text messages that must be responded to. A quick text so that you don't actually have to talk with someone.
I actually like most of those ways of communicating, but often wonder if the person I am talking to is already focused on the next conversation they will be having instead of really listening to me. What do you think - are conversations outdated these days?
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It's so interesting because all of those things have led us to believe that we're the most "connected" culture in history. And I guess in some ways that's true, but in other ways it has led us to become the most isolated culture in history. Sure 500+ people know that right now "Lane Moss is leaving a comment on Kenneth Stewart's blog", but they don't really have any idea what's going on with me. Not that textmytwitbook is a bad thing, we just need to be extra careful now to make efforts in experiencing real authentic community... and conversation.
lane
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