The changing times...

[Forge3]

I may be wrong but it seems life was more simple when I was growing up. The computer age (early 80s) was an advance on technology but we communicate more and connect less.

[ArchAngel'73]

I don't understand you.

[djflex]

Ironic that you post this question on a internet forum

[Runic]

Ironic that you post this question on a internet forum

I thought the same thing.

[-=FLEX=-]

How comes a guy that was a former moderator on this site always posts off-topic stuff in this section?











SRS

[IronCharles]

How comes a guy that was a former moderator on this site always posts off-topic stuff in this section?











SRS

Maybe that's why he's a former moderator?

[mslman71]

I may be wrong but it seems life was more simple when I was growing up. I wonder that the computer age (early 80s) was an advance on technology but correct me if I am wrong it seems like we communicate more but connect less.

No, I think you were more simple when you were growing up. And there is simply more communication now and therefore less significance is attached to each individual act of it. No better, no worse.




amidoingitright?

[AlbinoGerbil]

How comes a guy that was a former moderator on this site always posts off-topic stuff in this section?


SRS

Interestingly enough this is the miscellaneous area of the OV35 section. As such, nothing here qualifies as off topic.



IronCharles,

Forge stepped down voluntarily, as many do when life gets busy.

[-=FLEX=-]

Interestingly enough this is the miscellaneous area of the OV35 section. As such, nothing here qualifies as off topic.

I am aware.

It was moved from the regular O35 after I posted. The redirect is still there.

[Karl_Hungus]

I think Forge3 may have a point -- technology allows for more efficient and simple communication, but, the limited nature of the communication medium creates superficial connections among people....and sometimes these occur at the expense of real life interactions.

This board is a good example. I communicate with dozens of people here over the course of a week or a month, yet most of you are little more than random names to me. I assess personality and characteristics to each name based on the content of your posts .... yet, in many cases, those assessments are oversimplified, and may be completely wrong.

[AlbinoGerbil]

I am aware.

It was moved from the regular O35 after I posted. The redirect is still there.

Fair enough.

Was unaware of the redirect.

[Rdez]

I may be wrong but it seems life was more simple when I was growing up. I wonder that the computer age (early 80s) was an advance on technology but correct me if I am wrong it seems like we communicate more but connect less.

You are correct.

The internet age and gadget age is dehumanizing each new generation at an alarming rate.

Empathy is disappearing in our culture as a result, and this is what allows for such acts of brutality, savagery, bullying, and apathy.

[IronCharles]

The internet age and gadget age is dehumanizing each new generation at an alarming rate..

And yet, at no time in history has so much information, and so much access to interaction with other human beings existed. If you were born on a rural farm in the midwest in the early 1800's, you'd be lucky to meet a couple hundred people in your lifetime. But you can interact with that many in a day with the current technology.

[HoustonTXMuscle]

And yet, at no time in history has so much information, and so much access to interaction with other human beings existed. If you were born on a rural farm in the midwest in the early 1800's, you'd be lucky to meet a couple hundred people in your lifetime. But you can interact with that many in a day with the current technology.

While I agree with you for the most part, can't help but wonder how many of those "interactions" (short text msg, idle chit-chat, etc.) are essentially superficial and meaningless.

[IronCharles]

While I agree with you for the most part, can't help but wonder how many of those "interactions" (short text msg, idle chit-chat, etc.) are essentially superficial and meaningless.

Hard to say. That's why it's pointless to worry about "how things used to be", because there's nothing we can do to alter the past. We should be focusing on how to best make use of what's available to us today.

[Corbi]

While I agree with you for the most part, can't help but wonder how many of those "interactions" (short text msg, idle chit-chat, etc.) are essentially superficial and meaningless.

<<<<Sad at being labeled superficial and meaningless

[Brackneyc]

While I agree with you for the most part, can't help but wonder how many of those "interactions" (short text msg, idle chit-chat, etc.) are essentially superficial and meaningless.

Probably no more so than many of the face to face interactions most of us have on a daily basis...How much time/interest do we invest in the thoughts and feelings of most people we come into contact with everyday, beyond our friends and family...

Biggest difference I see with technology is the willingness, almost eagerness... to be mean to each other....

[Corbi]

How much time/interest do we invest in the thoughts and feelings of most people we come into contact with everyday, beyond our friends and family...

Pretty much close to zero for myself. My wife will introduce me to someone she works with if we are out and about, I could not possibly care less about that person and who or what they are.

[Forge3]

Ironic that you post this question on a internet forum

Edited post...

[Forge3]

You are correct.

The internet age and gadget age is dehumanizing each new generation at an alarming rate.

Empathy is disappearing in our culture as a result, and this is what allows for such acts of brutality, savagery, bullying, and apathy.

Another confirmation for me.

[fitmom43]

Biggest difference I see with technology is the willingness, almost eagerness... to be mean to each other....

I could not agree with your statement more Craig. Technology has taken away the fine art of communicating and thrown it out the window, along with the proper etiquette that goes along with it. When communicating with individuals face to face we tend to have a filter on what we say, plus I also believe that when you are looking into someone's eyes it is difficult to say mean things because the result of your words will be evident for you to see. It is so much easier to say mean things when you are not looking at the person directly.

Besides the fact that a computer screen now allows people to behave in a manner they would never dream of in real life. Take for example texting, it has taken the art of writing to a simple 3-4 letter words, where it is filtering through other areas like emails and letter writing.

It's taking away the beauty of the written word in books, to the point that now mom and pop bookstores are becoming extinct, because of the Kindle or other reading devices. I still do not own one of them because to me (yes I'm old fashioned) you can not replace the feel, texture, yes even the smell of books.

I feel technology is a necessary evil, I am just as guilty as anyone else because I am so hooked up that at times it becomes difficult to unhook LOL But I also love when I can meet a friend face to face at a cafe and just talk, or interact with parents at youth events, or just go away and leave behind, my laptop and cell phones and iPad.

Okay just my .02

[mslman71]

... and this is what allows for such acts of brutality, savagery, bullying, and apathy.

All of recorded history is loaded with massive wide-scale acts of brutality and savagery.

[-=FLEX=-]

I could not agree with your statement more Craig. Technology has taken away the fine art of communicating and thrown it out the window, along with the proper etiquette that goes along with it. When communicating with individuals face to face we tend to have a filter on what we say, plus I also believe that when you are looking into someone's eyes it is difficult to say mean things because the result of your words will be evident for you to see. It is so much easier to say mean things when you are not looking at the person directly.

I wouldn't say anything online that I wouldn't say in person.

And I actually think I am more articulate in writing than verbally in most instances.

And I could look someone right in the eye and say something perfectly nasty if I was so inclined.

[Forge3]

I could not agree with your statement more Craig. Technology has taken away the fine art of communicating and thrown it out the window, along with the proper etiquette that goes along with it. When communicating with individuals face to face we tend to have a filter on what we say, plus I also believe that when you are looking into someone's eyes it is difficult to say mean things because the result of your words will be evident for you to see. It is so much easier to say mean things when you are not looking at the person directly.

Besides the fact that a computer screen now allows people to behave in a manner they would never dream of in real life. Take for example texting, it has taken the art of writing to a simple 3-4 letter words, where it is filtering through other areas like emails and letter writing.

It's taking away the beauty of the written word in books, to the point that now mom and pop bookstores are becoming extinct, because of the Kindle or other reading devices. I still do not own one of them because to me (yes I'm old fashioned) you can not replace the feel, texture, yes even the smell of books.

I feel technology is a necessary evil, I am just as guilty as anyone else because I am so hooked up that at times it becomes difficult to unhook LOL But I also love when I can meet a friend face to face at a cafe and just talk, or interact with parents at youth events, or just go away and leave behind, my laptop and cell phones and iPad.

Okay just my .02

Hmm that is pretty smart...

[desslok]

I could write a script that would automatically post random thoughts like this.

[fitmom43]

Hmm that is pretty smart...

Thank you Forge I hope you are doing well and enjoying your 4th of July

[Forge3]

Thank you Forge I hope you are doing well and enjoying your 4th of July

I'm ok.

[cowboybiker]

I say more face to face.

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[Corbi]

All of recorded history is loaded with massive wide-scale acts of brutality and savagery.

Very true, look at what happened during the middle ages. Absolutely barbaric fighting was the norm and makes a lot of what we do now days seem somehow civilized.

[joestrom2002]

I wouldn't say anything online that I wouldn't say in person.

And I actually think I am more articulate in writing than verbally in most instances.

And I could look someone right in the eye and say something perfectly nasty if I was so inclined.

I was thinking would flex be an ass hole in person ? Thanks now I know.