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| From | Sam Smith <sam@lullabypit.com> |
| Subject | Re: an iPod question (xposted) |
| Date | Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:50:09 -0400 |
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Good observation. And you should see some of the research about the
Millennial Generation and how they communicate. IM and texting pretty
much ARE their version of face-to-face.
The next 40 years are going to be interesting....
Holmes Online wrote:
>> FYI: Not the last person in America. I don't have an iPod or anything
>> like one. Not planning on it, either.
>
> ditto. i guess i'm never that far away from anything where i feel the
> absolute need to have my entire collection available at a moment's
> notice. i take sott discs on trips. i go to see live bands. i'm not
> gone for more than 10-14 days at a time and i can cope.
>
> <segue>
>
> while i appreciate the technology and think the benefits are
> great...what's frightening to me is the increasing isolationism...it's
> all about laptops and texting and earbuds and blackberries...and yes,
> internet groups and chat rooms and (cough) blogs...yet people wonder
> why it seems like communication skills are non-existent, writing had
> gone to hell and people seem apathetic in the midst of events that
> should scare the heebee-jeebees out of them.
>
> people don't TALK as much anymore. what i'm doing here isn't talking.
> texting isn't talking. emailing isn't talking. podcasting isn't talking.
>
> keith richards was wrong. talk isn't cheap.
>
> cheers
> b
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