Bill Bragg
I’m not crazy about talking on the phone. I prefer texting. There’s a lot less social interaction involved in texting. You write down what you want, they write down what they want, a few LOL’s and OMG’s here and there and you’re done.
And if you don’t feel like continuing the conversation, you just don’t reply. I think many people feel that way. I also think that soon our tongues and thumbs will exchange places.
I wonder if that would ever really happen. Would our world ever become so digital that physical interactions disappear? It would be so hard to talk with thumb tongues. Would everyone be a walking barcode? Think of how much information barcodes can hold. Whole digital cities exist right now based on information that’s flying around from barcodes and Facebook and such. Imagine a virtual reality, based on actual reality. The more these digital cities grow, the more information will be easily available about each of us. I could find out which spice girl was your favorite and what size sock you wear with a few clicks of a mouse. I could also find out what makes you cry. Does that make for a lonelier outlook on the future? No, just a creepier one.
"Yoshi “the sytch” Sanchez"
1 comment:
I prefer texting to talking on the phone, too! Less energy wasted.
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