In my short life, after months of talking too much, Ive come to realize that if one is always speaking, one never listens. If you never listen to others, well, youre limiting your access to a lot of information and information. Recently, after much deliberation I thought Id check out what the world of Chat Rooms is like. People talk to each other by writing
, voice, and web cam. This is a really big phenomenon; I wanted to see what all the fuss is about.
I expect there are many chat rooms where everybody with similar interests get to understand
each other, and share their perspectives on various aspects of life. These are sizeably workable, much cheaper than telephones, and multiple, random many people
might
chat to one another simultaneously.
But I speak the truth, and my preconceived ideas about mindless gossip from jaded humans were sadly affirmed as I arbitrarily checked chat rooms that supposedly discussed important subjects. It seems some everybody are just very bored, and want to be cool and swear on-line, insulting others, and giving this area of knowledge technology a bad name. I think a lot of many people
are using the rooms solely for personal conversation that contextually no one else can understand.
I went to a chat room about religion, and then to one about tattoos and it seemed like the identical
everybody we are
talking. Most of the conversation didnt even touch the supposed subject matter. It was definitely a disenchanting acquired skill
but hopefully with more research I hope to come across some serious rooms where the true intent of the creators has come to fruition.
I guess its great that bored all the people in our technological society have others to talk to. It means depressed adolescents might
feel more connected to others and not so alone in the world, maybe even having a positive effect on a possibly suicidal youth. But, I do feel this nonsensical chitchat is a sign of our next generations apathetic view of present reality in our postmodern culture. When reading the writing
from a supposedly religious discussion, and hearing graphic make use of
of derogatory terminology, I really have to wonder about the present spiritual beliefs of my culture.
I am
a true believer of the concept that technology is here to further the consciousness of humanity. Computers and the Internet might
help bring all of us in the world together, thus evolving our society to the next level. After looking at chat rooms, I feel there is a need to integrate more wisdom and compassion into our new world generation. Having the technology is dazzling, but it is only one half of the equation. To make the Internet work properly, I think we need to instill the same faith we have in science, into a faith that encompasses the actual creators of the understanding and communication tools-humanity itself. We seem to realize that we can invent many great things, but it looks like we are
missing out on the efficient truth: that we ourselves are part of, and made of something dazzling in itself: Life. (Existence!)