They are alone....or they may as well be. Their eyes are downcast toward screens while their fingers are moving while driving, biking, eating, waiting, walking, dining, schooling, bathing..... Someone speaks to them. They don't hear.
Is it an improvement in the quality of life to be constantly, globally connected in Cyberspace? All around I see and hear about people Twittering, Facebooking, Blogging, MySpacing and texting. They are constantly "connected."
They share and share and share. What do they share? Are they really connected? Or is the technology disconnecting people from WHAT IS? What and how are they thinking? What and how are they learning? What and how are they seeing? What and how are they knowing? What and how are they feeling?
They don't hear you. Maybe no one is listening at all.
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Great blog, Mom. I can't wait to tweet a link to all my facebook friends. What? What?
ReplyDeleteI have pondered a lot of these questions myself. When you think that more people are saying "I am lonely" there is something definitely lacking in cyberspace and that is human contact, human touch... the really seeing "eye to eye". Great questions. I look forward to reading more of your reflections. Hugs!
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