Upon writing this post I realized that it may be taken as me attacking you at each point, but that is not my intent. I'm just offerring a differing viewpoint at each step along the way, and splitting up the quotes seemed like the best way to do it. I'm often told that I can be blunt, and that's certainly true, so please realize that I don't mean anything by it, just sharing my thoughts.
it occoured to me that so many people in the world in general, have now become tech dependant.
Don't be so glum. we've always been dependant on technology, but no one is going around saying that we should stop using fire because it's having too great an impact on our way of living. The difference is we've been using fire for thousands of years vs a few decades.
so in my view this has interfered with a childs ability to make freinds simply from initial contact.
It's also improved people's ability to make friends through other means. You're no longer tied down to being forced to be friends exclusively with those in your class or those on the same block.
people fear each other right off the bat, and are suspicious, rather than the other way around, becasue of the things that go on. even among those who cliam to be true christains.
Should we also get rid of cities, then? Any time you increase the level of interaction in society there are going to be people who will take advantage. Just like those who take advantage of people in large cities by selling knock-offs, mugging, conning, etc there will be those same folks on the internet doing the same thing. We haven't abandoned cities because of the tiny minority who take advantage - because on the whole they're beneficial.
there also is a huge amount of people of all ages, who have no clue how to date.
I can tell you from personal experience, that this has been and would be the case regardless of technology.
dating websites have flurished, ans has social sites like this one,
but they are an inaccurate means in my opinion, because not all people on these sites can be trusted.
Nope, just like not every person you bump into on the street can be trusted.
how do we interpret whats being inplied when text cannot express emotion?
I would also object to the premise of this question. Text most certainly can express emotion (otherwise poetry wouldn't exist) it just has to be intentional.
so, what perhaps is the soulution for humans to get back to being able to express themselves properly and make freinds easily?
How does one "express themselves properly?" Who's to define what the proper way to interact is? I personally find it MUCH (by orders of magnitude) easier to express myself in a venue like this one vs a face-to-face conversation. My effectiveness communicating drops off steeply again as the size of the group increases.
I don't think it's the scourge that a lot of folks make it out to be. Yes, social interaction is evolving. People are able to communicate easily with others from varying backgrounds more easily, which will lead to greater understanding between diverse groups. Racism, sexism, homophobia, etc will all diminish the more you interact with people of the group that you're biased against.
Is it a bad thing? It can be, but it doesn't have to be. As the saying goes - all things in moderation. It's worth noting that the internet and technology allows many find human interaction that would otherwise be very difficult for them to get. People like me who are very introverted, loathe small-talk and have trouble picking up on non-verbals. Online forums like this one are invaluable for sharing ideas without having to deal with lots of difficult social rules.
Any time there's some new leap forward there are unintended consequences, but they eventually get reigned in and worked out. You cant expect every problem to be solved immediately, but things do get better at a steady rate over time. Technology is a tool to help us, and indeed it is changing the way people think. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just different. Different isn't always bad, but it does take some getting used to.
