Behind The Times

I feel old.

With people now using Facebook, Twitter, FaceTime, IMs to communicate it leaves very little room for meeting people the traditional way: in person, face-to-face. I used to think, and in many ways still think that the relationships we have in person are more valuable than the ones made online, or virtually, or at a distance.

But the generation that comes after me doesn't do things this way. Relationships are not valued in the way that I did. People don't meet each other in person, in depth too much, but they do it more frequently, more rapidly. They broadcast in 140 characters or less everything there's to note about them. And in fact, if you think about it, most conversations you have with your friends and family don't amount to much more than headlines on your iPad or a tweet.

The technology we have allows us to connect much more rapidly with a much wider range of people, albeit at the loss of personal depth, loss of tactile response, and the loss of privacy. Is it worth it? Not sure. But it is inevitable.

I'm so behind the times.