Time and Technology
Everywhere you go these days someone is on their cell phone, plugged into their iPod, relying on a GPS or sacked out in front of a TV or computer. Technology has made our lives easier, no doubt, but it has also has disconnected the individual from society. We rely less and less on interpersonal communication and interaction, substituting emails, text messages and Twitter for actual contact. A compleat man knows when enough is enough. Cell phones have become the norm for communication but that does not mean that I want to hear you talking to your girlfriend while I am in line to get my cup of coffee in the morning. Have some manners and excuse yourself to find a private place to have a phone call, or put the phone on mute. Just because you get a call does not mean you have to answer it in public. I also have a peeve about texting, this is not a method of quality communication. If you want to communicate with someone call them. The text message is a way to find out if they are there or to send them information that they may need to write down. Sending twenty messages of five to fifty words just to find out what happened last night is a poor use of time, be a man talk to them. The same goes for music, take some time to pull the buds out of your ears and listen to what is going on around you, be able to understand and speak to those around you. By no means do you need to have them on while working, in class or while driving. The GPS may be handy and have a nice voice, but folks we are in Wyoming, if you get lost in Big Horn you are in a world of hurt. Out in the wilderness, a GPS is handy, but knowing how to read a topographic map and use a compass are far more important than relying on batteries. As we have said many a time, sitting in front of the TV or computer playing HALO or Grand Theft Auto for hours at a time is a waste of time. A few hours a week is fine, but if your bragging rights include completing Grand Theft Auto in 23 hours you need to check yourself. Drop the plastic computer shield and get out and talk to people, do something constructive. If you are spending better that fifty percent of your free time using technology then you need a break. Get out, learn something, help someone, become a compleat man. -B. King
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