Comments on: Who’s Actually Working? http://www.tuneupadvisor.com/blog/?p=620 by TuneupAdvisor Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:10:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kltron http://www.tuneupadvisor.com/blog/?p=620#comment-6892 kltron Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:36:10 +0000 http://www.tuneupadvisor.com/blog/?p=620#comment-6892 "Keeping in touch" via e-mail and texting is probably sufficient to satisfy our psychological need for contact. Somehow "I e-mailed you" or "I've received an e-mail from you" is enough to trigger the "I've had contact" section of our minds--our mind equates it with being in the presence of someone, it seems--and that little checkbox is done in our minds, and we move on to other things. There may not be an innate need for physical proximity. I believe that this will turn around eventually and see people abandoning tech for the "novelty" of human contact. But for some it's just going to be their way of existence. Perhaps the sci-fi writers weren't too far off when they predicted people interacting online 24x7 and having satisfying lives there? At that point what more do you need than an Internet connection and food? Will we eventually see entire living arrangements around this, 8x10 pods with a broadband connection? A few years ago I began dropping off various e-mail lists and don't do nearly as many e-mails as I used to. I've grown very weary of it all. The low volume is nice. “Keeping in touch” via e-mail and texting is probably sufficient to satisfy our psychological need for contact. Somehow “I e-mailed you” or “I’ve received an e-mail from you” is enough to trigger the “I’ve had contact” section of our minds–our mind equates it with being in the presence of someone, it seems–and that little checkbox is done in our minds, and we move on to other things. There may not be an innate need for physical proximity.

I believe that this will turn around eventually and see people abandoning tech for the “novelty” of human contact. But for some it’s just going to be their way of existence. Perhaps the sci-fi writers weren’t too far off when they predicted people interacting online 24×7 and having satisfying lives there? At that point what more do you need than an Internet connection and food? Will we eventually see entire living arrangements around this, 8×10 pods with a broadband connection?

A few years ago I began dropping off various e-mail lists and don’t do nearly as many e-mails as I used to. I’ve grown very weary of it all. The low volume is nice.

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