What has happened to us? Where did we pick up the idea that a telephone call is more important than the person right there with us?
Human beings have always looked for ways to stay in touch over the distances that separate us; smoke signals, drums, and letters. With technological advances we’ve progressed from the telegraph to the telephone, from the written word to being able to hear one another in real time and have a conversation. It seems to me that texting is a step backwards to the telegraph! Faster maybe, but missing a key component, being able to hear. Listening to someone and being listened to in turn is a far more meaningful exchange than is possible in text. It might not seem to be that big a deal but…
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