Thread: Cell phones and internet -- hurting human relationships?

We use cell phones and internet for much of our interpersonal communication.

Is this a bad thing?

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

We use cell phones and internet for much of our interpersonal communication. Is this a bad thing?

It is changing our communication.

I am all in on it, sign me up for my biological chip that turns me into a electronic communication device

I actually think everyone who is against it is a backward hick, I have no respect for their b intelligence due to their misplaced nostalgia about the human condition.

Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis

It is changing our communication.

I am all in on it, sign me up for my biological chip that turns me into a electronic communication device

I actually think everyone who is against it is a backward hick, I have no respect for their b intelligence due to their misplaced nostalgia about the human condition.

But what about the organic quality of in-person exchange? By sacrificing presence for convenience, do we not corrode the intrinsic goodness of our relationships?

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

But what about the organic quality of in-person exchange? By sacrificing presence for convenience, do we not corrode the intrinsic goodness of our relationships?

No, we just change the intrinsic goodness of our relationships

So this



equals this?

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

So this <img src="http://www.broncosforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11116"/> equals this?

If used in that context, it will elicit a similar biological response

Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis

If used in that context, it will elicit a similar biological response

Similar, you say? Like sucralose is similar to sugar? Like GMOs are similar to non-GMOs?

I wish someone else would join, I'm just trying to dialectical this thing.

I think Dave's reasoning is whack. It is definitely hurting "human" interaction.

IMO, of course.

Plus, Dave is stupid.

It is hurting human interaction in the same way reading hurt it when that became open to the masses.... Inasmuch that it is just changing it.

We view our current reality favorably, solely because it is our current reality.

Change is where it's at.

In person always wins out. Always.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Similar, you say? Like sucralose is similar to sugar? Like GMOs are similar to non-GMOs.

Yeah, a bit like that.

More like how cars changed the transport industry, or how planes changed the travel industry

It's not like you won't be able to talk face to face, just like you can still walk or run to work, or vacation near your home.

Also I hate Joe, not seeing him in person was the best part of my Denver visit

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

In person always wins out. Always.

And will always be a feature of humanity.

Comcast has a commercial about technology, and I think it rings true:

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wTgJ/xfinity-xfi-dinner

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Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

But what about the organic quality of in-person exchange? By sacrificing presence for convenience, do we not corrode the intrinsic goodness of our relationships?

I had an epiphany a few years back. It still bugs me. I went out to run some errands; Gas, the bank, Home Depot, and a few groceries. I used the drive up ATM, self service gas, and self checkout at both Home Depot and the grocery store. It occurred to me I had accomplished all of my objectives without interacting with a single human being. All I could think of is that in the long run this ain't good. Now I got rid of my cell phone - don't have one at all - and won't use self checkout. I also try to avoid mail order if I can. Jeff Bezos already has plenty of $, and I'd rather keep somebody local employed, even if by a Big Box store. of course, when I get service from some dim bulb who can't answer the simplest questions (I'm looking at you, Best Buy) then I question that thinking.

We absolutely need human interaction. Plus, look at the douchey things we are willing to say on the Internet that I'd bet most of us wouldn't dream of saying to a nearby human being.