we have more tools than ever that reward us with communication cell phones, video chat, instant messaging, text messaging blue tooth, handheld, pdas, iphones, email facebook, myspace, linkedin, friendster, orkut, bebo, skype
a generation of use has even created a new language to optimize efficiency in these new mediums lol, lmfao, brb, wtf, btw, stfu, nsfw, :) yet, our efficiency has robbed us of the subtly of language we represent our emotions with icons, glyphs and graphics our inexplicable emotions are acceptably unexplainable
in the process we have created a lot of noise which is digitized, stored, backed up, recalled, searched the byproduct of noise is a depletion of signal the signal is the quality and potential of our social connection we forget how to write a thoughtful letter or have a meaningful conversation or how to be respectful
we are constantly compounded by feelings of having to perpetually respond our work, lives, vacations are filled with an impulsive connectivity disorder but does anyone have anything valuable to talk about? or are we just narrating our lives to each other?
our days are consumed with thoughts of cellphone rings we can hear its call from at least a hundred meters or sometimes it's a phantom ring our memory creates it's rhythm is there when we wake up until we go to bed we move, eat, and sleep with our devices the circadian rhythms of our phones. would you believe that?
humans have a social capacity of 150 simultaneous connections when we are over capacity we forget names, identities, relationships now we have these sophisticated websites that represent our more subtle connections to people we will never talk with again you'd think all this networking would allow us to use our brain cycles elsewhere but in fact, it dominates our thoughts we spend more time of our day managing responses organizing inboxes, answering calls, sorting intangible relationships
how do we find meaning in all this? i want to have relationships that are real, that are based on trust not ones where people can so easily misrepresent, disguise, unabashedly embellish
in the future humans finally uncover the architecture of love and suddenly, there was an overwhelming feeling to stop creating expressions of love no more songs or poems or long heartfelt letters the mystery and wonder was replaced with a series of firing neurons a set of behaviors manipulated by hormones and brain chemicals a game of of causes and affects in the future love becomes completely self-aware
I hear them and I see their bodies I listen intently to their passionate moans and watch when the police intensify their yells I know their children's cries and the reasons why They smoke cigarettes in the mornings and their laundry is boring They never say hi, hello, or goodbye
the titanic was sinking the stock market was shrinking hale bop in the sky anti-depressants were prescribed high school was too intense they couldn't afford the medical expense the deal for the rapture was sealed tb, aids, and hunger couldn't be healed villages and homes were lost homeowners couldn't pay the cost ceos were caught taking bribes perversions destroyed the tribe