even though there is more communication taking place now than ever before. We text, e-mail, Facebook, Tweet, and chat but there’s less and less face to face interaction. Not even a week ago, I was sitting on the bus by a group of girls. They couldn’t have been older than 16 and they all had their phones. During my entire bus ride, not one of the exchanged actually words aloud. I was also told about a couple who went on a date and the entire time, they spoke not one word to each other. Although, they were sitting most likely face to face, the entire date was spent texting each other. How is this healthy?
It’s sad because those of us, like me, who have a difficult time speaking face to face to begin with, are withdrawing even more. It’s not because we don’t want to communicate, it’s just because it’s so much more difficult to try to compete; we’re being forced to compete with technology and it’s not natural. That’s not to say that those of us, like me, don’t communicate. I love to text and e-mail. I communicate best in writing, but humans need personal interaction with other humans. Without that interaction, a part of you is lost. The emotional side doesn’t necessarily make it through in written words. That’s even truer when we purposely use shorthand. Our language is being lost and many of us don’t even realize it.
Technology is a wonderful advancement in our world, but it’s also dangerous. If we, as a human race, don’t keep up with the personal interactions we’re going to lose touch with ourselves. Here’s something for your consideration: anyone born from about 1995 on has never lived in a world without technology. O.O
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