this has been a ruminating question bouncing in my head as of recent. it has begun to seem that the blogosphere has become saturated with this blog and that blog and no one has any time to truly dedicate to reading through all of them.
it leaves me wondering how we perfect our communication with each other from here. are blogs a web v1.0 passe vehicle for communication?
if we reflect on the influx of interconnectivity within the past decade or so with email, listserv, cell phone, website, blog, videoblog... what has it gotten us? ease and access to more communication, yes, unquestionably. but are the technologies not so pervasive and easily accessible that our messages get buried under literal tons of blah-blah-blah (of which, i am just as guilty as everyone else for generating--prime example, this blog post).
my question really is, now that we have everyone connected to this giant e-social network, should we not focus our efforts on perfecting the means in which we communicate and disseminate our information?
perhaps this is an idyllic view of the world, and there are simply too many intricacies and subtle nuances to life that we cannot sum up in a polished message. perhaps i believe too strongly in a vision similar to bill and ted's excellent adventure, where the world was aligned through the simple messages of two dudes' music. perhaps this '80s reference just dumbed down my argument. regardless, i think that the key to our future evolution is dependent on how we manage and contribute our information via omnipresent innerconnectivity.
incidentally, it is not through calling home from the aisles of a grocery store because you can't make a decision. which brings up yet another question... with this innerconnectedness, have we handicapped our judgement and empowerment to define a situation with steadfast and educated decision making?
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Cheer up Spenser! And yes, the call for validation on grocery items is hella lame.
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