Cellphones give you the illusion true communication is actually occurring. All you are doing is only exchanging pure information. In fact, the present generation is nervous about face-to-face contact with others. It is easy to deceive someone on the phone. 9/10 of communication is non-verbal. With everyone so connected you would think the world is getting along better but it is not. There are more wars occurring around the world then ever. Cellphones give you the illusion you are truly communicating with someone. But you are not. Communication with someone is the hardest thing in the world. Cellphones have not made that easier. The paradox is that it is even harder now. Not easier. But harder.
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Somehow I need to talk less. I need to give my wife more empty spaces. I forget this all too often. I do not have to repeat myself unless it is evident she did not hear me or understand me. All this is very hard for me. I know I have to work on it.
Less is always more. It is too easy to fill up the blank spaces with words. I have to give my “other” a chance to reflect on my words. All this takes time. Communication is not immediate. This age of cell phones and other technology gives this illusion that communication is instant. It is the hardest thing in the whole world. It is work.
When I believe I am being perfectly clear in my communication with my wife, I find out I wasn’t.
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I do not believe communication is better because you can do it almost instantaneously. Communication is as hard as ever. There are more wars going on in this world as ever.
Sure with the internet a message can be sent around the world in seconds. So what! It is just quicker to make mistakes in judgment. Cell phones keep getting more sophisticated. The saturation time has not changed. You can absorb data no quicker.
Everywhere you go others can be seen with cell phones attached to their ears as if they grew there. They really are a great distraction– one of many today.
True communication is always better face to face. And it takes time. And effort and the ability to listen to each other carefully and well. None of that is any easier.
Maybe, even harder. There is the delusion true communication is occurring. It is as hard as ever. That has not changed at all in this world of almost instantaneous communication.
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