I'm not Saying,... I'm just Saying

                                         
 Modern life is incredibly fast. The technological underpinnings of today's media market go way beyond anything that could have been envisioned by most ordinary people a few years ago. All the new modes of wireless communication have created a powerful type of  group consciousness that defies easy explanation. These wireless mediums allow us to  exist within ourselves and each other in a way that is both exciting and sobering. As with nearly anything humans devise or employ, there is great hope combined with great fear as to how we will wield our new toy. Our striving forward is what makes this so. We do many things that we can, without ever thinking if we should. The frantic pace of information today doesn't make sober contemplation any more inviting. So the edit mode is now powerless.And how is this good ?

                                                                           

 Tempered and thoughtful dialog is already in short supply these days. Stream of conscious communication may be good for entertaining many social options, but it may not be a positive influence on our ability to make clear and thoughtful decisions. I believe that may simply be a pay grade too high for real time data needing a real time response.
  My brother says that all this stuff is just more noise when he is looking for less noise in his life. Amen? Well the future is right in front of us. Let's get ready. As Bart Scott so eloquently purred, " Can't Wait! "
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But the idea that the news cycle is reality itself is quite scary. Let'see if we are up to the task of making good decisions as if  we were simply getting a cup of  instant coffee at the drive thru window. As someone who loves the written word and most any medium that would support it, I fear that in a world where to think is too big a burden for us, then to struggle with the almighty  pen or the indefatigable word processor will also fall prey to our lack of mental curiosity.  Is it presented to us with a bow on it ? Is it part of the latest news cycle? If not, then why bother with it, right?  It is easier to just have the truth marketed to us by General Electric and The Ford Foundation. And then we will take no time at all to accept it as our own. I'm not saying this will ever be so, I'm just saying that I pray it will never be so.