Is Technology Making Us Impersonal?

[NitroHonda]

I think he called his wife's 16 year old daughter a ho.

Well, I just reread it. You got it right..he called his wife a ho not the daughter. Reading comprehension epic fail here on my part.

To be specific... he laid her out as a shitty parentin' ho. It's important to include the shitty parenting... because his comments are in response to... yeah, you guessed it... shitty parenting.

Whoever he meant... either is just as equally shocking. I'm PRO-firm parenting but I'm just appalled by what I just read here today.

 

[sonocativo]

Yeah that too, How many moms let their 16 year old bring boys home to stay the night, sleep in bed together and a different boy every week, or every night at times, yeah shes a ho too. Because mom is too skared to say no to her or she's gonna run away, Boo hoo, Well, I got enough dirt to get full custody of my son.

 

[shel90]

That's why my brother's school encourage them to take a "NO TV, VIDEO GAMES, OR COMPUTERS" week. I think it's done by one week each a month, or something. I already see a few schools whose befriended my brother's have been done the same thing. So, I am sure there are more schools like my brother's. I think they should try something like two weeks of no electrical things, maybe.

I dont think I CAN survive that myself! Hahahaha

 

[Bottesini]

That's why my brother's school encourage them to take a "NO TV, VIDEO GAMES, OR COMPUTERS" week. I think it's done by one week each a month, or something. I already see a few schools whose befriended my brother's have been done the same thing. So, I am sure there are more schools like my brother's. I think they should try something like two weeks of no electrical things, maybe.

I can't read books without the electronic technology because I need vastly enlarged print.

I couldn't live without it. (Or I would be stuck in the old days of the large print collection books at the library. Which is very limited.) Now I can read any book that I want.

 

[KarissaMann05]

I dont think I CAN survive that myself! Hahahaha

I can't read books without the electronic technology because I need vastly enlarged print.

I couldn't live without it. (Or I would be stuck in the old days of the large print collection books at the library. Which is very limited.) Now I can read any book that I want.

Ah, I mean, for kids. :P

Yeah, I don't think I can live without useful technological objects. I depend on Google maps because I kinda suck at descriptions when I try to find some places, aha. I am an absent-minded person, so I am not good at memory...

 

[NitroHonda]

Ah, I mean, for kids. :P

Yeah, I don't think I can live without useful technological objects. I depend on Google maps because I kinda suck at descriptions when I try to find some places, aha. I am an absent-minded person, so I am not good at memory...

BS. Not buying the absent-minded scenario. You just haven't exercised your memory in a long time. I know. I was in the same spot as you. I became so dependent on googlemaps to get me to where I needed to go. It got so bad to the point to where I would be using it to find destinations that I frequent. We never needed any of that growing up. Heck, I even remember days of just starting to go in that direction just because that's just where I wanted to go, maps be damned. We have got to put our phones down and exercise our brains. We're becoming mush.

Okay, book. It's you, me, a pillow, and some warm covers. Brace yourself.

 

[metalangel]

Both skills are necessary, but we have lost a generation of children's ability to write due to computers with which you could not write. My nephews don't write in cursive and two just started college. This amazes me because you can't print fast enough for a college lecture. Because of this, the teachers write the notes and post them for computer access.

Whenever I took notes in university, I printed them as opposed to writing them in cursive. Not a problem. I'd still prefer to do that over typing them into a computer. (and do)

However, I'm old enough (bleh) to have still been taught all this in schools. My grade school had one computer per room if you were lucky.

Unfortunately I can't hear the tape now but when the time is right I will copy it

This is an excellent point. I have lots of music and recordings 'stuck' on tape, including some stuff that was originally on tape that I transferred to minidisc but that I now wish I'd done as MP3s. Likewise I have a lot of stuff on VHS.

Like your dad's tape, there are many people with precious memories on defunct or moribund media that need to get them out of there before the media degrades. The problem is, companies that provide a transfer service know this and charge an arm and a leg...

 

[VacationGuy234]

This is an excellent point. I have lots of music and recordings 'stuck' on tape, including some stuff that was originally on tape that I transferred to minidisc but that I now wish I'd done as MP3s. Likewise I have a lot of stuff on VHS.

Using software call Audacity, you can take your cassette and even 8 tack tapes and convert them to MP3. All you need is the audio input cables, which everyone who ever got a computer/VHS player has acquired.

As for the VHS tapes, Video Lan software can convert them video files.

 

[KarissaMann05]

BS. Not buying the absent-minded scenario. You just haven't exercised your memory in a long time. I know. I was in the same spot as you. I became so dependent on googlemaps to get me to where I needed to go. It got so bad to the point to where I would be using it to find destinations that I frequent. We never needed any of that growing up. Heck, I even remember days of just starting to go in that direction just because that's just where I wanted to go, maps be damned. We have got to put our phones down and exercise our brains. We're becoming mush.

Okay, book. It's you, me, a pillow, and some warm covers. Brace yourself.

You are not me. Please realize that. And, no, I do not want to hang out with you. Thank you.

 

[NitroHonda]

You are not me. Please realize that. And, no, I do not want to hang out with you. Thank you.

No... I'm not you. I wouldn't want to hang out with you either. How did you come up with all that from my post? That absent-minded thing or something?

:roll:

Weak-sauce... but that's you, right?

 

[Bottesini]

BS. Not buying the absent-minded scenario. You just haven't exercised your memory in a long time. I know. I was in the same spot as you. I became so dependent on googlemaps to get me to where I needed to go. It got so bad to the point to where I would be using it to find destinations that I frequent. We never needed any of that growing up. Heck, I even remember days of just starting to go in that direction just because that's just where I wanted to go, maps be damned. We have got to put our phones down and exercise our brains. We're becoming mush.

Okay, book. It's you, me, a pillow, and some warm covers. Brace yourself.

You are not me. Please realize that. And, no, I do not want to hang out with you. Thank you.

No... I'm not you. I wouldn't want to hang out with you either. How did you come up with all that from my post? That absent-minded thing or something?

:roll:

Weak-sauce... but that's you, right?

:roll: is so rude.

And look at the bolded from your top post. That is very badly written and I also took it to be an indecent proposal at first reading...

Clarity is all.

 

[LovingLife]

There is no doubt that we are all capable of making the online world a place for fueling superficial relationships, impersonal connections, and even a venue to devalue other human beings. In fact, this happens every day on the internet. But hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse - Walk a mile in their shoes. Unless you've lived a life of total perfection, you'd better be careful of every stone that you throw.

 

[NitroHonda]

:roll: is so rude.

And look at the bolded from your top post. That is very badly written and I also took it to be an indecent proposal at first reading...

Clarity is all.

Not trying to be rude.

Not badly written. It's pretty obvious it's an indecent proposal between me and the book.

 

[Bottesini]

Not trying to be rude.

Not badly written. It's pretty obvious it's an indecent proposal between me and the book.

No, you probably should have capitalized "book" or done something to make clear you were talking to the book.

"book" as you wrote it could be taken to mean, "Let's go."

 

[LovingLife]

It’s very natural for blog’s to go off subject, back to subject/questions at hand..

Has technology in fact made the world more distant, impersonal, and cold?

Does one have more virtual friends than in person friends?

How much time does one spend in a virtual environment compared to personal interaction?

 

[NitroHonda]

No, you probably should have capitalized "book" or done something to make clear you were talking to the book.

"book" as you wrote it could be taken to mean, "Let's go."

Never. The single word... book... can never mean "Let's go". Maybe if I had said...

let's book.
book it.
in the book.
book on.
book out.
make book on.

Capitalize the B? Okey-dokey. You, Bottesini, brought up reading books in an earlier post here. My comment originated from that. I warmed up to the very idea of snuggling up with a "B"ook last night because it was a good reminder to see another person mention reading books (yours being e-books).

In either event, I will go ahead and apologize for any "misunderstandings" that my usage of the word "book" may have caused. I would never purposely attempt to offend somebody by a sexual nature. THAT is weak and reeks of low character. I try give all the respect in the world to all people as I want to earn their respect in return.

You guys don't have a world peace smiley otherwise I would have used it here.

 

[Bottesini]

Never. The single word... book... can never mean "Let's go". Maybe if I had said...

let's book.
book it.
in the book.
book on.
book out.
make book on.

Capitalize the B? Okey-dokey. You, Bottesini, brought up reading books in an earlier post here. My comment originated from that. I warmed up to the very idea of snuggling up with a "B"ook last night because it was a good reminder to see another person mention reading books (yours being e-books).

In either event, I will go ahead and apologize for any "misunderstandings" that my usage of the word "book" may have caused. I would never purposely attempt to offend somebody by a sexual nature. THAT is weak and reeks of low character. I try give all the respect in the world to all people as I want to earn their respect in return.

You guys don't have a world peace smiley otherwise I would have used it here.

You might have just lost it.

 

[NitroHonda]

You might have just lost it.

That's unfortunate.

 

[Jolie77]

Has Technology made us impersonal? Yes and no.

In my household, Technology has been a bliss. Here's why. Technology has enabled my autistic son to communicate much more efficiently. He can communicate face to face but when he gets really frustrated, he will use his tablet to express his emotions instead of throwing a meltdown. Technology also enables him to be able to intereact with other people. To me, that is as personal as it gets to be able to have a wonderful tool to help him communicate.

As for the rest, Technology has somewhat made everything easy for us to do instead of elbowing a grease here and there. When was the last time we got lost on the roads and it becomes an adventure itself? When was the last time we didn't have to worry or think about checking on the phones every other couple of hours? (Or maybe every couple of minutes for some people). While Technology can be helpful for numberous reasons, it also can be rotten.

 

[LovingLife]

* Question 1: Has technology in fact made the world more distant, impersonal, and cold?

Online web realities like social networking, plug-ins, streaming, twittering, and blogging are still VERY new to me. I’m definitely a tech infant!

You see, one of my fears that prevented me from jumping on board earlier with online technology (beyond the thought of learning how to navigate in a whole new world of interaction), was actually my commitment to remain “personal” with people (a high value of mine). I use to think that the online community of users would take away the personal nature of face to face interaction.

The truth of the matter is that I am fully capable (and have done so in the past) of developing impersonal relationships in person as much as I can online. I know I carry the capacity (and track record…sad) to devalue other human beings and superficially care for things from a distance even though I come physically in contact with a “cause” in person. You see, the problem is us and NOT the internet. Can the internet add to our negative tendencies? Of course…but so can a number of other things in the “real” world.

I think the benefits of technology far outweighs the potential risk or non-action. The focus of concern should not be the technology, but rather, our hearts.

*Question 2: Does one have more virtual friends than in person friends?

Maybe because I’m an infant to blog sites, but no I don’t have more virtual friends. I do have a few (very few) virtual friends, (people I have never met in life) but my personal friendships way out numbers the virtual friendships. With some friends and family I do socialize via Skype, Facetime, texting, and Social Networks but I still feel that’s personal interaction. It’s with people I have met sometime during my life. These tools can help us stay linked to each other when there is no time to meet face to face or not possible.

*Question 3: How much time does one spend in a virtual environment compared to personal interaction?

I spend 40/60 minutes a day (from work) on Blog Sites like alldeaf or tech sites (virtual environment)