I am guilty of using and abusing my phone to tweet and surf while in conversation with others. It’s annoying. It’s annoying when others do it to me. When I do it I’m not being annoying – I’m just connected with the world in ways you couldn’t possibly understand so stop looking at me like I just shit in your mouth.
You can probably guess I don’t get very far with that attitude.
Apropos of this one-sided conversation here’s Renny Gleeson giving a brief and funny talk at TED on how our ability to communicate simultaneously in many social spheres is impacting on our basic humanity. Of course things are in a state of change – the world itself is being transformed by our technologies and how we choose to use them. I like Gleeson’s plea to the audience at the end of it.
Now go out and share your life with others.
Happy Zombie Jesus Day.
Cheers.
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