Technology = Communication... or Not

How technology enhances and/or diminishes communication.

So does technology allow us to communicate better with our fellow human beings or does it let us reach a more expansive audience but only at a superficial level?

   PRO Argument A. The technology that we have today allows us to communicate with more than one medium i.e. just our voices and ears. There are phones, texting, video phones, online videos and so many more.

   PRO Argument B. The Online chat rooms, online social networking, twitter, FB(Facebook), instant messaging, gaming sites, the technology of cell phones is allowing us an ever increasing ability to transmit ideas and conversations with anyone and everyone, anywhere and everywhere. 
   I just read an article of a 22 year old woman who crossed the Atlantic on a solo row boat journey with 100 chocolate bars, 3 i-pods and the internet. Wait the internet? She was constantly in contact with people through e-mail and twitter. All in the middle of the Ocean!

   CON Argument A. Even though are many methods to communicate the human race is losing the ability to effectively convey ideas and thoughts from human to human. 
   Ex: We have idiot professional sports stars, music artists etc. who publish cop-out apologies and excuses for their actions on their blogs but who don't ever take the time to speak to those they have hurt to express regret or pain. That is NOT communication.


   CON Argument B. We are in what has been deemed the "I" Generation. You don't see people without headphones on, not even paying attention to others who are right there with them. We have "I" pod, "I" phones and only "I" matter attitudes. People don't care for others since they are so busy with their gagets.

   Teens texting and driving causing accidents because they have to know the latest gossip rather than paying attention to road and traffic conditions. 

   Did the woman who rowed solo across the ocean even realize the beauty and majesty of the world around her? Possibly not if she was "connected" through her Me-phone, I mean i-phone.

In conclusion there are definitely MORE methods in which that we can communicate, but the quality of the communication is lost. We should not diminish out means of communication by diluting it with the internet but we as a society aught to increase our ability to really communicate with others of the human race.