Reading one of those funny facebook posts the other day:
"If a man is talking in the forest and no woman can hear him, is he still wrong?"
After a brief chuckle, I began considering the ontological implications of such a statement. With more and more social media outlets and mobile devices constantly being utilised to disperse advertising and send people's opinions throughout the e-universe, is anyone actually listening?
From sorting though news feeds, staying up to date on facebook, sorting through emails, managing a twitter feed and posting to the blogosphere, it really is so easy to become busy doing nothing. Read this article, interpret this graph, analyse these statistics, keep up to date with followers, and on and on ... At work people expect to be treated like a customer, of course with respect. What level of interaction should we be having with 987 facebook followers or 3,916 twitter feeds?
I mean; how many relationships are enough? Jesus only had 12 good mates.
With millions of people e-pinionating, how many are actually listening. Not, how do we stand out from the crowd. Not, how do we gain more attention? Not, that comment is offensive to someone I'd better start trolling? (There's a whole nother sociology Phd right there). But how HOW do we determine who is actually worth listening to and investing time in? Isn't trust just as important in the e-universe as it is in day to day life?
Let me know what you think. As Dr Frasier Crane would say "I'm listening" ...
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"If a man is talking in the forest and no woman can hear him, is he still wrong?"
After a brief chuckle, I began considering the ontological implications of such a statement. With more and more social media outlets and mobile devices constantly being utilised to disperse advertising and send people's opinions throughout the e-universe, is anyone actually listening?
From sorting though news feeds, staying up to date on facebook, sorting through emails, managing a twitter feed and posting to the blogosphere, it really is so easy to become busy doing nothing. Read this article, interpret this graph, analyse these statistics, keep up to date with followers, and on and on ... At work people expect to be treated like a customer, of course with respect. What level of interaction should we be having with 987 facebook followers or 3,916 twitter feeds?
I mean; how many relationships are enough? Jesus only had 12 good mates.
With millions of people e-pinionating, how many are actually listening. Not, how do we stand out from the crowd. Not, how do we gain more attention? Not, that comment is offensive to someone I'd better start trolling? (There's a whole nother sociology Phd right there). But how HOW do we determine who is actually worth listening to and investing time in? Isn't trust just as important in the e-universe as it is in day to day life?
Let me know what you think. As Dr Frasier Crane would say "I'm listening" ...
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I think you've hit the nail on the head. But then many of us have the absolute pleasure of saying we have someone who will listen to us. And isn't that a blessing?
ReplyDeleteBlessing are great. There should be more of them !
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