Comments on: It has come to this

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:22:44 +0000

Hm… Well, science is generally about asking the right question and THEN following through.

There are people that sit around and ask questions their whole life and never act upon them. You don’t usually hear about them tho’ — though, having said that, the Blogosphere is definitely a turn-up for the books in that regard :)

10% inspiration, 90% perspiration, or so?

By: the almost right word

the almost right word — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:06:09 +0000

I don’t know. I think asking questions can, in some occasions, be just as important as offering up a “solution.” Especially when a “solution” isn’t right in front of you. How else are we going to find it?

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:20:07 +0000

You can’t state all of that and then not offer up a darn SOLUTION! That’s the wimp’s way out. Identifying problems is something you do at highschool… now you have to step up to university-level and give the world a solution. By offering meaningless, observed hyperbole like this are you really helping things? Or just Being Another Voice In Infinite Crowd of the Blogosphere?

The Internet is such a HUGE advance. Think of it as a tool.

Do you think Man knew what to do with fire the moment he discovered it? Or pigment? Or even speech? No — these things take time.

You can have a conservative view, or an Enlightenment’ish view about these things. Half empty or half full.

Personally I think people are worrying about a little too much. Shit’s changing really damn fast. It’s scary. It’s right to worry. But I’m not sure asking questions like yours really help!

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By: She

She — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:04:53 +0000

I think this is apart of the reason I have this love/hate relationship with social media. On one hand, it’s effective in getting to know the friends you’ve made online, those you haven’t met yet. But on the other, real life relationships that are too heavily dependent on social media suffer. I have some friends who would rather ‘facebook me’ than just call. Or when they get in touch with me offline, it’s via a text message. What’s wrong with hearing a voice on the other end of the phone?

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:41:35 +0000

this is so true. i cant even tell you how many of my friends were so against Fb about a year ago. “i’ll never get one of those things”, we’ve all heard it, then 8 months later, oh look who i have a friend request from… i love it because i move around and travel a lot and it keeps me semi-connected to those people i’ve met. ok thats a lie, i just like being able to count my friends and stalk people sue me… oh, and i only talk to like 3 people on the phone these days. everyone else gets texts. how awesome are we???

By: onehiccup

onehiccup — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:32:10 +0000

Great article and comments, really got me thinking! Personally, I rarely keep in touch with ‘friends’ physically or verbally, I’ve spent alot of time online over the past few years. Time that I initially thought I was wasting has resulted in me finding someone who I want to spend the rest of my life with, woopeee. So is that lack of real friendship such a bad thing? At the moment, my partner is on the opposite side of the planet, but interestingly enough, Facebook is useless to us…we crave verbal and visual communication and just use Facebook to unintentionally make others jealous of how happy we are. Deep down, everyone knows Facebook is useless (i think), it’s a fad like everything else on the internet so enjoy it (or not) while it lasts, then follow the sheep to the next new thing, you don’t want to miss out on something, do you? Compare Facebook usage to say, something like Secondlife or some other virtual world, which are a much more tangible form of communication, but they’re not fashionable, Facebook is a fashion, a 21st century soap opera that you can be part of, because you haven’t got enough drama (both good or bad) in your life.
Family is all you really need, I think people are forgetting how important family is. Keep in touch with them (by any means possible), make sure they are happy and the rest will follow (i think :D)….here’s my Facebook poem if you’re not already bored of my opinions…
http://onehiccup.tumblr.com/post/164123662/the-king-of-facebook

By: the almost right word

the almost right word — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:20:37 +0000

There was a point last year when I thought “huh, I haven’t had a hug in a year. That kind of sucks.”

Amen, Judith. I’m in absolute agreement with you–Facebook does offer its users something. I would probably not be in touch with a lot of people from my past if it weren’t for Facebook. However, I notice myself growing lazy with it, or more accurately, I notice good friends growing lazy with it. We all start relying on Facebook as a means to engage in a friendship.

When it comes to the trivial stuff, as you mentioned (moves, education, work, weddings), Facebook is wonderful. But we can’t consider that friendship! Friendship is about a lot more than keeping tabs and I think it says something sad about our generation that people might consider “keeping tabs” to be “keeping in touch.”

And with regards to the need for more consciousness in this generation, and the response you received on Twitter…well, that’s just depressing! Blogs don’t raise consciousness. They might help, but they aren’t the best means to an end.

Lastly, thank you for the link love!

By: Judith

Judith — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:13:31 +0000

Hi! I came across you on 20SB and I was posting on technology as well today, so I decided to give you some link love. I’ll have to talk more about how I feel about communication on the Internet in a future post, because it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, but I do think there are definitely differences. You can speak to friends 8 or 10 hours a day and yet still feel isolated, physically and emotionally. There was a point last year when I thought “huh, I haven’t had a hug in a year. That kind of sucks.” On the one hand, it’s fabulous that I have these friends all over the country, and I really do think I meet more people with whom I really truly connect because there are fewer geographical limitations. But on the other hand, connecting very deeply with someone you can’t see, can’t touch, can’t show affection to, can be taxing on the mental health after a while. Media like Facebook are great for simply keeping tabs on people – moves, education, work, weddings, kids – but we have to make an effort to make the personal connection. I made a comment on Twitter about how we need more conscious raising in this generation, just people sitting around the dinner table talking, and I got a reply, “that’s what blogs are for!” It’s true, but I think we still need both.

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