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As quoted by Joseph Priestlev "The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate." It has indeed be proven. With our services like our instant messaging service being able to reach out to the millions, we are demanded to face the ironic truth - we have lost the art of communicating authentically.
The genuine method of communication is so vital to us as human beings as it allows us to further understand our fellow species. Living things around the globe have their own language and so do we. We can claim that we are the most advanced yet, in the eyes of communications, we are so far-behind, or at least most of us are. Being on such easy mediums to transfer our speech, have become handicapped, deprived our natural way of communication.
Perhaps we have become too dependent on such advancement that it has bitten back indirectly. Thinking back, I have been over-relient as well, to the extent that I will shiver when I do oral presentations, due to the low confidence level. However, as important as communication play in our daily lives, we are obliged towards trusting that they are not the most essential role in our lives. That is because communication can only take us this far. Take for instance, air currents. Communcation are like air currents, gently but swiftly pushing the world forward, but technology are like robots which push the world much much faster. The contrast is extreme, but without the air currents, the world would be much much harder to push.
The eternal struggle has been clear:
The art of communication vs. modern-day technology.
We really have to make a choice now. However, fortunately for us there are ways out of this dark cave. As much as it seems like an 'either-or' question, there is no doubt we can choose both. Then again, we have to choose both to further our level of communication, or we would still be stuck in history. With the pressurising stress that has been laid on the new generation of humanitiy, there is no doubt all of us have to play our part. This means by doing both sides of communication - the authentic way and the modernised way. We are currently forced to embrace both technology and communication, and so we shall. During face-to-face talking, we shall communicate the genuine way and while being apart from the other person, we can use our virtual medium of instant messaging to help us. Perhaps, then we can experience the full force and master the true art of communication.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Perhaps I have been MIA for too long =.=, but I was searching for some sort of inspiration... However, I manage to make one! =D And here it is:There's a saying by Richard Halloway, "Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy." But is it true? Are humans aiming for this? I would not disagree. The world is changing to be simple. Take for instance, rainbow ice-cream - our childhood delicacy. It was only like simple swirls dawned in different colours, but yet, we are so obsessed with it. Why? It was probably due to its simplicity. The 'simpleness' that has etched our minds for so long. However, as much as we love it, we tend to move on to more (perhaps) sophisticated brands, more complex brands which has more flavours, more added ingredients. Humans are odd and weird creatures. As much as we love to embrace those simple times, where we only had to worry about a single factor, we could never ever bear to leave our technology. Like the ice-cream we could never ever want to keep embracing it, we want the best of both worlds, but it doesn't seem to blend as what we had hoped. Take another example like the eco-homes which almost the world is crazy about. We want to save the earth, but are we willing to move back to those medieval or even the prehistoric? We want to keep our modern technology, yet we want luxury living. Then again, some would ask 'Why would one want to lose whatever we have? To lose what we have earned?' It seems ridiculous to give up everything. Indeed, there is nothing wrong with having the best of both worlds. But isn't it ironic? Then again, we ask ourselves, what are we really looking for in simplicity? Are we trying to shift back to protect our earth? Or are we just going with the flow?Simplicity. Does it offer what we need? It probably doesn't, but what I feel is that it offers an attempt to grasp or to jump back to the good days where we were still smooth shells protected by the nest, where our heaven was so easy to find, where it was so close. I guess it's not wrong to attempt to pursue the simple times. Perhaps, that's what the world is searching for.