where are we headed?
as this whole semester is based mainly on the discussions of technology, culture and us, we always wonder where we fit in, how we fit in and why we should fit in. about 2 weeks ago, i had an interesting conversation with my brother the other night about the future of communications and technology.
one thing i should mention, it had nothing to do with the fact i just finished an essay about online/virtual communities or that i am enrolled in this class. he just wondered out loud, because my sister was lamenting about not being able to check her Facebook account (because she was going on holiday)
Jeremy's theory was that the generation of today (meaning kids under the age of 15) have no clue what Sunday dinner means, they only understand text language, they are glues to either the computer or the TV and they talk in 'geek' language. he facilitates a small group of boys every weekend and he notices that the boys in the group (and even some girls) are only are of the Internet, whats showing on TV and what games are the best to play. admittedly, give a child under the age of 12 any mobile phone, they would know how it works instantly. he was also against the idea of how online communities would be the future, whereas i said that it will most probably be heading in that direction. we continued to argue back and forth on the pros and cons of children living in today's world. he claimed he was a family values traditionalist, and i agreed. he can be such a romantic at times..
i guess the generation of today will communicate through Facebook (although my sister is 23, but sometimes i think she's 12) and soon the idea of kicking a ball around the soccer field would be something of the past. my point of online communities is that people are getting more and more reclusive and some of them just feel more comfortable chatting online, using emoticons and nudges or pokes rather then meeting face to face. even the online games like WOW use microphones to communicate now, instead of typing text messages like before. in some ways, the technology has to constantly upgrade itself to keep up with the fast lane of today's generation.
we ended our discussion with my sister exclaiming that the computer had froze and can someone come and fix it please.. now.
ah, such is life. you whole world stops because the computer died..
one thing i should mention, it had nothing to do with the fact i just finished an essay about online/virtual communities or that i am enrolled in this class. he just wondered out loud, because my sister was lamenting about not being able to check her Facebook account (because she was going on holiday)
Jeremy's theory was that the generation of today (meaning kids under the age of 15) have no clue what Sunday dinner means, they only understand text language, they are glues to either the computer or the TV and they talk in 'geek' language. he facilitates a small group of boys every weekend and he notices that the boys in the group (and even some girls) are only are of the Internet, whats showing on TV and what games are the best to play. admittedly, give a child under the age of 12 any mobile phone, they would know how it works instantly. he was also against the idea of how online communities would be the future, whereas i said that it will most probably be heading in that direction. we continued to argue back and forth on the pros and cons of children living in today's world. he claimed he was a family values traditionalist, and i agreed. he can be such a romantic at times..
i guess the generation of today will communicate through Facebook (although my sister is 23, but sometimes i think she's 12) and soon the idea of kicking a ball around the soccer field would be something of the past. my point of online communities is that people are getting more and more reclusive and some of them just feel more comfortable chatting online, using emoticons and nudges or pokes rather then meeting face to face. even the online games like WOW use microphones to communicate now, instead of typing text messages like before. in some ways, the technology has to constantly upgrade itself to keep up with the fast lane of today's generation.
we ended our discussion with my sister exclaiming that the computer had froze and can someone come and fix it please.. now.
ah, such is life. you whole world stops because the computer died..
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