Does anyone else recognise this? I certainly do. I'm not much of a phone
user but I do conduct most of my communicating online these days and often
when working online all day realise I have barely actually used my voice at
all. At those times, when I do finally utter something, it feels odd. Of
course at other times, I talk more than I should, so it probably evens out
in the end ;)
sue
From Howard Rheingold's Smart Mobs.
Phones Make Korea a Silent Society
In Shibuya Epiphany
If in an age of near-ubiquitous communication people have become
paradoxically quiet, it is because means of communication that replace the
spoken word, like chat programs and text messengers, are cheap, convenient
to use and accessible everywhere, reports Digital Chosunilbo.
... "There are people who say they could live comfortably without saying a
word all day, and who send so many SMS and chat online so much that
sometimes they find it awkward to talk.
Yet it is the telephone that is at the heart of these changes, a device that
is rooted more than anything else in the attempt to allow people to talk. As
mobile phones grow more sophisticated, they are eradicating the very purpose
they were designed for.
http://www.smartmobs.com/cgi-bin/mt/_tr4cKb4cK.cgi/5382
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