Monday 3rd December
My post yesterday spoke about the relentless changes that
have come about through technology. It
has brought so many benefits, and yet in some ways I feel something has been
lost.
Someone once said to me ‘you just don’t like change do you?’ I suppose in a way familiarity is
comforting, but when changes keep taking place, it can be difficult to keep up
with all these changes.
I often look back nostalgically to a time when if you had a
problem about some product or service, you could ring a number to a central
switch board where a real human being would answer your call, and transfer you
to speak to another real human being, but these days you get mostly, press
one, for such and such, two, for this and that, three for whatever and so on.
I often think of all the people who’ve been disposed of
because using machines is more cost effective, and I recently read that even in
a household instead of people sitting around a fire like times past talking to
one another, now everyone sits in their own room communicating with others on
their lap tops on social sites, we have never been so connected and yet we have
never been so isolated and apart.
Virtual communication has so many limitations, but one thing
that is certain, we cannot turn back the clock.
But of course I must equally acknowledge all the benefits,
the wonderful friends I have made through a shared interest of writing and the
publishing opportunities that have opened up for me.
So true on so many fronts....
ReplyDeleteYes, finding the fine balance between the pros and cons is what life is all about for me. I miss having humans at the end of a phone when I have a problem but they have become too expensive in this recessionary world but the wonder of friendships through our blogs, facebook, email enhances our lives greatly. Maire x
ReplyDeleteThose are the times I pop my mobile on a shelf, in my pocket and don't allow it to intrude. Spot on Rachael!
ReplyDeleteThose are the times I pop my mobile on a shelf, in my pocket and don't allow it to intrude. Spot on Rachael!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sue, Máire and Mari, a pleasure finding all three of you through the medium of technology. Rachael xx
ReplyDeleteI know we need a balance with technology, and that it will never replace real life interactions, but I have learned so much, have enjoyed so much, found friends I love and have come across the seas to Ireland ...technology has enabled all this for me...it is a marvel , and I am so grateful for it.....BARBARA XX
ReplyDeleteThanks Barbara, yes amazing really, lots of benefits for us all and pure magic seeing you in person all thanks to the internet connecting us to one another. Rachael xx
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