We Must Continue The Discussion

February 20, 2012 · Posted in Discussion 

Consider this a plea…

The Web continues to evolve and it seems to me that some of what we built up a few years back; the community, the dialog, exchange of ideas, arguing, hashing things out…has waned.

See, a lot of what we were doing; sharing links, videos and aggregating news stories amongst ourselves, we now Tweet and status update…we say Hi and acknowledge each other like corporate drones passing by the water cooler.

And we make a few pithy remarks and move on…

But, the conversation seems lacking.

We got to get back to it…airing our grimy laundry in public, unrestrained-while we can and not on the platforms that would have us condense our thoughts under watchful bots.

We can start with anything, the advent of W.W.III or Whitney’s dress, doesn’t matter…what matters is what evolves.

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10 Responses to “We Must Continue The Discussion”

  1. Lisa on February 20th, 2012 1:24 pm

    I couldn’t agree more. We want to share, but we aren’t really listening. It’s all surface level, the nicities we exchange. Like small talk. Small talk annoys me because it’s NOT progressive, not personal, not educational.

    But I must say, politics, religion and close-minded viewpoints don’t belong, either. Glad you said what so many of us are probably thinking. <3

  2. Pribek on February 20th, 2012 1:52 pm

    Thanks Lisa…but, should there be restrictions? Should anything be off the table?

  3. Chris Cantrell on February 20th, 2012 2:08 pm

    I don’t think there should be restrictions…everyone has an opinion and if you don’t like what someone elses says..well, you can comment or wait for the next topic…

  4. Lisa on February 20th, 2012 2:50 pm

    Only if you don’t mind speaking to deaf ears…matters of personal, deep-seated passions aren’t going to be changed by a comment stream…I am only suggesting we pick our battles wisely so that what we have to say isn’t met with immediate disregard.

  5. Lisa on February 20th, 2012 2:53 pm

    People are defensive and opinionated in adulthood. Their experiences have set them up to respond in some unhealthy ways. THAT is what I mean by choosing your battles. HOW we communicate overrides WHAT we’re communicating about. That’s where we need to start. How we say what we have to say so that it penetrates toughened skulls.

    I hope this makes sense…

  6. Pribek on February 20th, 2012 3:05 pm

    It does make sense Lisa. The dialog becomes ineffective when the name calling and/or insults start.
    But, I’m the guy that would want to talk about religion and politics at a cocktail party.

  7. Lisa on February 20th, 2012 7:29 pm

    I would just say that there’s talk to educate and clarify and there’s talk that trying to persuade and justify. It’s HOW you talk religion and\or politics that makes all the difference in the world… =)

  8. Pat Darnell and Friends on February 22nd, 2012 2:03 am

    Do you mean things like Zuckerberg who really looks like a complete social misfit… has pioneered the Social Network?

    And who just posted on Jan 18 on his faceBook page …

    ” … The internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating a more open and connected world. We can’t let poorly thought out laws get in the way of the internet’s development. Facebook opposes SOPA and PIPA, and we will continue to oppose any laws that will hurt the internet.

    The world today needs political leaders who are pro-internet. We have been working with many of these folks for months on better alternatives to these current proposals. I encourage you to learn more about these issues and tell your congressmen that you want them to be pro-internet. … “

    I got to a point where I felt I had said it all.. that is, all that is in me … which I keep a self deprecating humor about.

    Now it is time for others to wield the rudder.

    Just sayin…

  9. Pribek on February 22nd, 2012 7:04 am

    “pro-internet”…that’s a hoot…I wonder if I can locate any openly anti-internet folks in the search engine.

    Yeah, you “felt” that you said all that’s in you…that’s the Kool-Aid talking.

    It’s in you and it’s got to come out…

  10. Lisa on February 22nd, 2012 7:11 am

    Surely you haven’t tossed in the towel? Talked about every little thing there is in the world to talk about?
    Social misfits are the game changers. They don’t say things for the sake of conversation, but are powerful speakers when they choose to finallt speak. Social misfits find small talk mundane and purposeless…perhaps they feel their time is better spent discussing what really matters.
    And they despise labels, which are misleading and a matter of opinion, not fact. Diagnoses are fact; labels are not.
    Aha. Could it be that THIS is the problem with dialogue? Separating fact from opinion?

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