Thursday, February 4, 2010

technology, technology, technology everywhere!

So I have had this conversation with many friends and I've come to the conclusion that technology is everywhere. Listening to music by Bow Wow has references such as "I'm checking smiley faces in my sidekick" referring to a phone. There are songs that specifically refer to only certain types of electronics that can soon be outdated such as "Friend Request" by Gym Class Heroes and "Send Me An E-mail" by T-Pain featuring Tila Tequila. The fact that there are songs that use technology in the title and have it as the subject of the song makes me wonder whether we could ever go back to the song "Knock Three Times" which sings about using a ceiling as a form of communication. Should it be "Text Me Sometime"? Tweet has a song from the early 2000's where she sings "Call Me". But even that is outdated. No one calls anymore unless its necessary. People communicate mostly through text message, I've even heard of people breaking up over text messages. The movie "You've Got Mail" no longer qualifies as valid, because people don't use e-mail unless its for business. Facebook is the best way to communicate with someone if text messages don't work. To hear that someone doesn't have a cell phone is unspeakable and to not have a computer would seriously damage someone's communication with the outside world. I hear of people not having a television and I can't understand how they hear about the news. Then I remember that I don't watch television to hear about news either. I have it text messaged to my phone from twitter. I update my facebook through twitter. And that's when it hit me, I am as caught up in technology as anyone else. And it seems to be so convenient for me. But how difficult was it before? To sit down with the family at 6 o'clock and watch eyewitness news. To talk on the phone to someone or speak in person, to hear someone's voice and see their face. Sure we have skype now, but I can't touch the person. It feels like they're sitting across from me, but the technology has gotten so good that I can actually fool myself into thinking that I've seen that person in real life. I'm sure this is a ramble but my point is, when is something too much? When will things get too advanced that even a young person can't keep up with it? When will technology become so impersonal that real interactions don't exist anymore? How long will it take?

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