The optimist wrote:Muriel wrote:symbols wrote:It feels like people no longer talk.The appeal to simply share your life with others and vice versa seems lost in this abundance of communication mediums.Screens are becoming barriers instead of ways of reaching out.
THE paradox.
Dumbed down individuals who would rather send a text or 'update' a 'wall' than speak to and hear each other.
While the remote has its share of destruction, social media is king. Tweeps, facebook-holics, whatsapp. You name it. Whats app has especially gained immense popularity for its ability to offer real-time sharing of pictures and videos.
Granted that some folks find immense value in both TV and Facebook, I have personally decided to get by without them. I do not see what net positive value either would add in my personal or professional life as it currently exists.
TVTo be fair, TV is not without good content. I often go to YouTube to find anything particularly important that I might have missed, mainly interesting interviews or short programs. I just don't see the value of having the thing in my living room chattering nonsense 90% of the time. True, I could turn it off when the nonsense begins, but my idea of nonsense and that of other members of my household will seldom be the same - ask Washiku.
I say maybe one day when I have a spare room in my house I will buy a TV and set up some sort of media room, but I have no plans, at present, of installing one in my living room.
FacebookNow Facebook is a such a phenomenal force it is hard to ignore. I joined it, I think in 2009, and operated my account semi-actively for about a year. Then almost without thinking about it, I found myself logging in less and less. It's like my brain just wasn't seeing the value in keeping abreast with all the intricate details of my
friend's lives. In mid 2011, I made the rather easy decision to permanently delete my account. I haven't missed it since.
Of course there are people (and organizations) that benefit immensely from operating Facebook accounts. But if my account is for getting notified when my former kindergarten classmate misses her manicure appointment, wacha ikae.
But I digress!
Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.