I have had a thought evolving in my cranium for several years now. Even as I start to write this, I'm not 100% sure that it has fully evolved or if I can properly convey it. The more I learn, the more people I meet or different perspectives I see, my thought changes or at least my understanding of its concept does. Now, I'm kind of building it up a bit, but I'm talking about communication. No biggie right? Well, every time it think I have it figured out, something happens to tweak my understanding just a bit. I haven't posted on this before because where does one start and end on a topic so vast. The ability for beings to communicate is vital. As a human race, we have evolved from grunting to speaking to tapping little electronic devices. We have harnessed amazing technologies to be able talk with, email or text anyone, anywhere any time. We can instantly beam pictures or videos of what we are doing right now to massive audiences via numerous apps. We can also send little cartoon characters to friends and family to convey our inner most feelings or emotions at any given time. Now, out of respect for everyone's time, I am truly just sctratching the surface of this topic as I want to get the the actual point of my post.
What has been bugging me as my perspective evolves is, when does communication become over-communication? When do words loose their meaning? When does it all become noise?
As we over-communicate does quality give way to quantity? If so, does this create apathy in our communication? I think it may, without us even knowing it. Is silence the answer? I guess it depends on the question, but as a solution to over-communication, I'd say no.
As I have said, I have been mulling this one over for some time, but I have recently come across a reboot of an old song that really made think about it even deeper. If you haven't seen or heard this yet, I hope you enjoy.
Thanks for reading.
Mike
http://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4
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