So yesterday I was studying for a test with a girl I had never really talked to before. She, like almost every other person in that class, had put much more effort into studying and preparation than I had and I wanted to make sure that she would be able to get in contact with her if I needed to. So I did an action that triggered an equally introspective and outside world analysis a few minutes later. At the moment that could have proved potentially awkward if I had asked for her number, I realized this situation for what it was or could be, and I did NOTHING. Well, ostensibly I did nothing, but at that moment I realized that I could just facebook friend her as soon as I got home. Wow. Through technology I was able to cop out. The very loaded action of asking for a phone number was averted through a simple click.
My theory is thus: we well connected Americans are constantly compromising depth. The thing is, I do not necessarily think that there is any less depth out there. I just think that it's being spread out all around us. A good illustrating parallel to this would be our generation and knowledge. We know a lot about a little. Using things like Wikipedia, we can easily find out a detailed summary about almost anything we want. And we often do. I'm not sure if it's for better or worse either, but that's my theory. QED?
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ReplyDeleteand the story goes on and on. texting is now replacing phone calls. facebook comments replacing phone calls. we may be maintaining contact with people just as much (if not more) than we used to, but this form of contact is becoming less and less personable (not sure if that's the right word?)
ReplyDeletealmost like we're becoming more and more scared of each other
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