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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