A shocking disconnection from humanity

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fantasticvoyage1 Nevada, Iowa USA

Mon Nov 2, 2009 11:40 PM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

With technological progression moving very fast, i sometimes feel a disconnection from humanity. For example, i'll be having lunch with a friend and they'll be texting someone on their cell phone. I feel that i want to connect with them but that they cannot give their full attention to a conversation. I am begining to fear that (not all) but a lot of young people are becoming numb to things. I'm always hoping that i'm wrong about it but it seems as though some of the most basic emotions of people are lost. Like on tv seeing someone fall from a building and people are moving on without a care. What has happened to the world? I am very worried.

Laura25 Somewhere, New York USA

Mon Nov 2, 2009 11:56 PM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

fantasticvoyage1: With technological progression moving very fast, i sometimes feel a disconnection from humanity. For example, i'll be having lunch with a friend and they'll be texting someone on their cell phone. I feel that i want to connect with them but that they cannot give their full attention to a conversation. I am begining to fear that (not all) but a lot of young people are becoming numb to things. I'm always hoping that i'm wrong about it but it seems as though some of the most basic emotions of people are lost. Like on tv seeing someone fall from a building and people are moving on without a care. What has happened to the world? I am very worried.

Hello, fantastic,

It some ways our world and humanity are different but I don't think people are loosing their basic emotions. You'll always hear this "in-good-old-days" tales and but I don't think it's anything more than nostalgia talking in people.

There are all kinds of people are out there, always were...

As for you example with your friend, it's a lack of basic manners --

plain rude.

scousedon Liverpool, Cheshire, England UK

Mon Nov 2, 2009 11:59 PM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

fantasticvoyage1: With technological progression moving very fast, i sometimes feel a disconnection from humanity. For example, i'll be having lunch with a friend and they'll be texting someone on their cell phone. I feel that i want to connect with them but that they cannot give their full attention to a conversation. I am begining to fear that (not all) but a lot of young people are becoming numb to things. I'm always hoping that i'm wrong about it but it seems as though some of the most basic emotions of people are lost. Like on tv seeing someone fall from a building and people are moving on without a care. What has happened to the world? I am very worried.

Unfortunately not just the young, I observe it all the time with all generations now. No sense of privacy either, common place here to hear all ages talking on cell phones on a bus about the most private things, oblivious to all around them.

jlw45 duncanville, Texas USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:00 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

fantasticvoyage1: With technological progression moving very fast, i sometimes feel a disconnection from humanity. For example, i'll be having lunch with a friend and they'll be texting someone on their cell phone. I feel that i want to connect with them but that they cannot give their full attention to a conversation. I am begining to fear that (not all) but a lot of young people are becoming numb to things. I'm always hoping that i'm wrong about it but it seems as though some of the most basic emotions of people are lost. Like on tv seeing someone fall from a building and people are moving on without a care. What has happened to the world? I am very worried.

i would assume you to be "a right brain hymosphere" person?....

...

but yes, i agree...people are more calloused...

fantasticvoyage1 Nevada, Iowa USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:03 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

Thank you for your comments, it is nice to know that i am not the only one who notices this.

HotrodLarrys Gower, Missouri USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:04 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

fantasticvoyage1: With technological progression moving very fast, i sometimes feel a disconnection from humanity. For example, i'll be having lunch with a friend and they'll be texting someone on their cell phone. I feel that i want to connect with them but that they cannot give their full attention to a conversation. I am begining to fear that (not all) but a lot of young people are becoming numb to things. I'm always hoping that i'm wrong about it but it seems as though some of the most basic emotions of people are lost. Like on tv seeing someone fall from a building and people are moving on without a care. What has happened to the world? I am very worried.

I agree with Laura About it being Plain Rude, which is true, but also seems like there Brain cells, are not adapted to ours..... It goes back to the, have not been raised properly, many of the Girls Having Babys, dont even have any morals, so how can they teach their kids, the generations are sad.... Babys raising Babys is what i see alot of, Who is to Train them???????

HotrodLarrys Gower, Missouri USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:05 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

jlw45: i would assume you to be "a right brain hymosphere" person?.... ...

but yes, i agree...people are more calloused...

Hi Jlw, How u doing Ole buddy

YouMeUs Frakes, Kentucky USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:07 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

Laura25: Hello, fantastic,

It some ways our world and humanity are different but I don't think people are loosing their basic emotions. You'll always hear this "in-good-old-days" tales and but I don't think it's anything more than nostalgia talking in people.

There are all kinds of people are out there, always were...

As for you example with your friend, it's a lack of basic manners -- plain rude.

I agree, and I also think it's what the OP was getting at. I've also noticed a great increase of texters in public, at restaurants and even in the theaters. In general, I think most of them (younger kids) have free reigns and very little restrictions with cell/text phones these days. Manners may be decreasing while technology increases. I'd suppose it mainly depends on the parents there.

fantasticvoyage1 Nevada, Iowa USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:09 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

HotrodLarrys: I agree with Laura About it being Plain Rude, which is true, but also seems like there Brain cells, are not adapted to ours..... It goes back to the, have not been raised properly, many of the Girls Having Babys, dont even have any morals, so how can they teach their kids, the generations are sad.... Babys raising Babys is what i see alot of, Who is to Train them???????

I have to agree with you on that one. Education is lost when kids have to quit school and bring up their kids! It's really sad and when there's so many youth pregnancies, one wonders how educated youth will be in later decades if there is no real change.

jlw45 duncanville, Texas USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:13 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

HotrodLarrys: Hi Jlw, How u doing Ole buddy

i'm hangin' in there

....trying to fight off a cold, though...

good to see ya, larry...

Laura25 Somewhere, New York USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:17 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

YouMeUs: I agree, and I also think it's what the OP was getting at. I've also noticed a great increase of texters in public, at restaurants and even in the theaters. In general, I think most of them (younger kids) have free reigns and very little restrictions with cell/text phones these days. Manners may be decreasing while technology increases. I'd suppose it mainly depends on the parents there.

I know exactly what you are saying, but I see it as just toys they are fascinated with, and a bit of addiction, and it gives them opportunity to be involved with the world on different levels, but it doesn't mean that it replaces actual human communication. That is still here.

Yes, a lot depends on how kids are being brought up in a family, but wasn't it always the case?

HotrodLarrys Gower, Missouri USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:19 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

fantasticvoyage1: I have to agree with you on that one. Education is lost when kids have to quit school and bring up their kids! It's really sad and when there's so many youth pregnancies, one wonders how educated youth will be in later decades if there is no real change.

The thing is, we are a few Generations deep already, but now it is so bad that it is starting to JUMP OUT at us, where when just a few were like this, they just said they had ADHD

Now its Bad Enough that a numbering Percentage, are everwhere!!

And Very Sad, Who Can Correct it????

Laura25 Somewhere, New York USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:19 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

jlw45: i'm hangin' in there ....trying to fight off a cold, though...

good to see ya, larry...

In where exactly you are hanging these days?

Hiya Joel, good to see you

HotrodLarrys Gower, Missouri USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:22 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

jlw45: i'm hangin' in there ....trying to fight off a cold, though...

good to see ya, larry...

Sounds like you Need a Nure to take care of you for a while,

Post Your Add!

HotrodLarrys Gower, Missouri USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:23 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

HotrodLarrys: Sounds like you Need a Nurse to take care of you for a while,

Post Your Add!

jlw45 duncanville, Texas USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:24 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

Laura25: In where exactly you are hanging these days?

Hiya Joel, good to see you

still in duncanville....

friendsfirst Burbank, Illinois USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:25 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

jlw45: still in duncanville....

A shot of Crown for that cold.

fantasticvoyage1 Nevada, Iowa USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:26 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

Laura25: I know exactly what you are saying, but I see it as just toys they are fascinated with, and a bit of addiction, and it gives them opportunity to be involved with the world on different levels, but it doesn't mean that it replaces actual human communication. That is still here.

Yes, a lot depends on how kids are being brought up in a family, but wasn't it always the case?

Toys? It's more like an obsession. Most car accidents these days happen because of text messaging while driving! It's starting to get a little more serious than quick excitement then move on to the next fad sort of thing. I'm proud to announce that i am a young person that doesn't text!

jlw45 duncanville, Texas USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:26 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

HotrodLarrys: Sounds like you Need a Nure to take care of you for a while,

Post Your Add!

naa, i don't need a nurse...i just want someone to play doctor with...

....

jlw45 duncanville, Texas USA

Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:27 AM CST : A shocking disconnection from humanity

friendsfirst: A shot of Crown for that cold.

would looooove one....

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