It's a Small World After All

Could we survive reliving the 80’s knowing what we know now? Think about all the technology we take for granted. I am reminded of a movie preview of “Hot Tub Time Machine”, a movie about four friends that travel back in time through a hot tub time machine. In this preview one of the four friends is dancing with a girl from the 80’s, and he asked her if he could reach her by email, text, or some means of contact. Of course if we revisit what existed in the 80’s, concerning technology, we would already have guessed the confusion on this girls face. She answered by telling him that he could just come find her as a means of contact. Of course, his reply was, “that sounds exhausting.”
We sometimes forget what we have until we lose it. These days we have so many things available to put us in contact with others. We have cell phones, instant messaging, email, V.O.I.P. (Voice over Internet Protocol), and social networks like facebook.com. We have so many means of communication. If we were to list them all, we would have to stop to think for a while. These days a cell phone is another appendage of our body. Once we lose it, we feel disoriented and lost. We have no idea how we ever got by without a cell phone.
Now that we have these advantages, if we are not careful, we could turn these advantages into disadvantages. The technology might bring us together virtually, but in many instances they pull us apart physically. We need social interaction, and these advances help us to interact. Face to face interaction is a vital part of social interaction. Having virtual friends is good, but to have no physical friendships is a waste of life. Balance is a key in obtaining a meaningful life. So, as you use technology to better your life, make sure you don’t back track your progress with the same means that provided that progression.