RE: Has technology ruined the art of conversation?
February 25, 2017 at 7:12 pm
(This post was last modified: February 25, 2017 at 7:14 pm by Alex K.)
(February 25, 2017 at 6:31 pm)HairyCyclist Wrote: I've been out to the pub tonight with friends.
Within minutes of being there they were on their phones, checking Facebook, text messages and the like.
In my opinion gone are the days when you could just be out talking and enjoying each others company.
I couldn't get a word in edgeways without being interrupted by an annoying ping or ringtone, looking around I saw couples out for meals constantly checking their phones for updates.
What the hell is going on?
Does this annoy anyone else? or am I miserable or behind the times or something?
My wife would threaten me with divorce if I constantly did that while we're going out.
I don't want to paint the situation with too broad a brush and come across like some old fart bemoaning the decay of society, after all, people are still engaging in human communication with these new technical means - it's just that we seem to have such a hard time to really simply be *there* in a RL location exclusively and with someone, and not at the same time engaging with the virtual crowd. I think that's potentially a problem.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
