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In my short life, after years of talking too much, I’ve come to
realize that if one is always speaking, one never listens. If
you never listen to others, well, you’re limiting your access to
a lot of knowledge and information. Recently, after much
deliberation I thought I’d check out what the world of Chat
Rooms is like. People talk to each other by text, voice, and web
cam. This is a really big phenomenon; I wanted to see what all
the fuss is about.
I expect there are many chat rooms where people with similar
interests get to know each other, and share their perspectives
on various aspects of life. These are great, much cheaper than
telephones, and multiple, random people can chat to one another
simultaneously.
But I speak the truth, and my preconceived ideas about mindless
gossip from jaded humans were sadly affirmed as I arbitrarily
checked chat rooms that supposedly discussed important subjects.
It seems some people are just very bored, and want to be cool
and swear on-line, insulting others, and giving this area of
information technology a bad name. I think a lot of people are
using the rooms solely for personal conversation that
contextually no one else can understand.
I went to a chat room about religion, and then to one about
tattoos and it seemed like the same people were talking. Most of
the conversation didn’t even touch the supposed subject matter.
It was definitely a disenchanting experience but hopefully with
more research I hope to come across some serious rooms where the
true intent of the creators has come to fruition.
I guess it’s good that bored people in our technological society
have others to talk to. It means depressed adolescents may feel
more connected to others and not so alone in the world, maybe
even having a positive effect on a possibly suicidal youth. But,
I do feel this nonsensical chitchat is a sign of our next
generation’s apathetic view of present reality in our postmodern
culture. When reading the text from a supposedly religious
discussion, and hearing graphic use of derogatory terminology, I
really have to wonder about the present spiritual beliefs of my
culture.
I’m a true believer of the concept that technology is here to
further the consciousness of humanity. Computers and the
Internet can help bring all of us in the world together, thus
evolving our society to the next level. After looking at chat
rooms, I feel there is a need to integrate more wisdom and
compassion into our ‘new world’ generation. Having the
technology is great, but it is only one half of the equation. To
make the Internet work properly, I think we need to instill the
same faith we have in science, into a faith that encompasses the
actual creators of the information and communication
tools-humanity itself. We seem to realize that we can invent
many great things, but it looks like we’re missing out on the
great truth: that we ourselves are part of, and made of
something great in itself: Life. (Existence!)
About the author:
Jesse S. Somer M6.Net http://www.m6.net Jesse S. Somer is a
simple human hoping to help others to see the huge possibilities
of the Internet.
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