Un-connected-ness

http://www.net-temps.com/recruiters/hermantrend/index.htm?id=92

I found this article to be directly related to my blog and the topic of technology ruining relationships. The basic claim of the article is that while technology allows us to be so connected and focused in on one person, we ignore our surroundings and the people around us. So, while our one on one relationships might be more connected, overall we are becoming disconnected with society. In the article, a poll taken says that many people prefer talking on the phone over face to face communications.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.”

There is a reason that today divorce rates are higher than ever and relationships have taken a turn to being more casual. There seems to be this common theme of speed, technology, and disconnectedness. So much is lost from face to face communication. Non-verbal communication is a huge part of the communication process which was first outlined by Charles Darwin. Through today's standards, most of this has been lost for one cannot see the gestures, facial expressions and movements through a computer screen or over a cell phone.

According to another article:
http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=778

The author states that while all of us are claiming to save time, we really just want to accomplish more. The idea of speed and technology has created a society that is used to instant everything. Fast food, instant coffee, instant messaging, and many other things the article states. Most of all though this has carried over to our relationships. The hardest thing for our young society to learn today is that all good things take hard work and dedication. There is no such thing as instant intimacy as stated in the article.