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RE: The Deadpost Initiative - Week 34 - Share your most undervalued work ($24 SBD rewards last week)
I very much like this initiative @whatamidoing — it has always seemed a shame that so much great content appears on Steemit, and then vanishes largely unseen and unappreciated. So thank you for doing this!
This post is from about five months ago; it's about the way all our technology designed to "connect" is often the cause of our crumbling communities, and sense of community:
Bright Blessings!
P.S.: I will have to come back and engage with comments once there are more entries here!
And to think that people are getting more lonelier than ever even if the population is increasing by about 200,000 everyday. This just shows that technology can only do so much, but it can never replace the satisfaction brought about by actual human interaction face to face.
This is something I have been thinking about for ages but have been unable to put into exact words! I am so glad you posted it!
this is what happens when what's supposed to be a tool becomes a chain.
This is what happens
When what supposed to be a
Tool becomes a chain.
- artofwisdom
I'm a bot. I detect haiku.
Well done!
This is so true. I never realized how much damage technology may have done to communication and how much loneliness it caused until now. We may talk to people from all over the world on so many platforms, we may even see them through Skype, WhatsApp and other platforms that allow video calling, however, none of that compares to having them around physically when it really matters.
I do have a question about this though. Most people try to have distance relationships with people probably in another state or country through social media. Does this also mean they start to see them as things and not persons anymore?
Hey @whitelightexpress, methinks that for those whom unfortunately have a disability of some kind that prevents them from having much of a social life, if any, being able to communicate on a daily basis by means of th’Internet with others whom are themselves living in different towns, cities, and countries, is a godsend.
It is also an important means of socializing with like-minded others for those whose interests are not necessarily mainstream, such as those whom are passionate about tiny houses on wheels, for example.
It is pathetic and revolting, though, to see a couple at a cafeteria that are completely ignoring not only each other, but also their young child whom is basically sitting there all alone beside his self-absorbed parents whilst they themselves are "busy" texting others.