This is the first time of my life I have experienced tipping my lesson on my computer which means having my computer with me in class, but also during the breaks… First, you think it’s cool, you follow the flow of the teacher, you can write your mail, check facebook now and then and the geeks can even play flash games… But then you realize that everybody is talking to somebody except the people around them… It seems we are not able to communicate if we don’t have a screen in front of our face…
No Escape mod
Have we become afraid of true contact, and consequently lost our spontaneity???
Have our screens become more interesting than other human being… If it is so, then it’s not only sad but dangerous. Because it means that we are becoming more and more individualistic and way too self-centered. Plus, you can’t have a real conversation with someone through a chat or e-mail, cause you get the chance to think ahead before writing, erase and start again or simply fake a disjunction…
So in the end it’s not a real reaction, we calculate, we ponder our words, we can prepare think through it, things you don’t have time to do when you’re in front of the person, in live action. Plus we miss out on expression, the tone of the voice, which is really important. This lack of information can lead to misunderstandings.
what is really sad is…
And the worse thing is, it is a vicious circle. Because when you get too lonely, sick and tired of being the only moron in the room who has nothing to do because you’re the only one without a computer, well, you surrender and bring your own… Thing is, I have come to realized, for I have experienced it myself, that you can’t bridle a wild horse… And soon, very soon even, craving for human contact you’ll just get board of you computer having the impression your eyes are starting to melt into this treacherous screen. You end up dazed by it, not really looking at it, kinda blurred by your own thought, you just have to be patient, wait for the end of the day when you’ll finally go to sleep, close your eyes, rest and dream.