How the internet changed the way people communicate...

Have you ever forgot your wallet and didn't realize it until you tried to make a purchase? Do you remember the sick feeling that you got in your stomach and the million or so split second thoughts? "Where is it?' "What did I do with it?" "Did I leave it somewhere?" "When was the last time I used it?", etc., etc., etc. It is full out panic. This is the same way I now react when I go to check my email, facebook or anything else that has to do with the internet and realize that I don't have my smartphone with a mobile network internet connection. I feel absolutely helpless. I have to get that phone or find a computer... right now! I don't believe I could go a whole day without surfing the web in some way. The reason I don't know is that I have never tried. Why would I? I have all the info., and connections that I could ever need right in my pocket. I hardly every make an actual "Phone Call" anymore unless I absolutely have to. When did all of this start? Why would rather text a message or send an email to my mom or best friend than call? It is quicker to call, isn't it?

I have hundreds of "friends" on facebook. Do I actually have that many real friends? No. Although, I do have that many acquaintances and past friends, old high school classmates, teammates, etc., though. Basically, facebook is a good way to find out what people are up to when you are bored without having to speculate and talk behind their back.

On one hand, the internet is making actual face to face human interaction obsolete. On the other, it is making human society more efficient than our predecessors could have ever imagined possible. For heavens sake, the US Postal service is about to go under due to email. It's a good thing you can't transport a package through cyberspace. About the only thing I get in the mail are flyers and general junk mail. When you go to the mail box and get the mail and you see your neighbor, the old cliche; "Nothing but bills!" doesn't really apply anymore, at least for me. I get every single bill via the internet.

As for work, I work for a world wide company and have never really ever met my boss. I don't know how he sounds. I don't know what he looks like, aside from pics I have seen on the corporate website. Email and chat are the preferred methods of communication within my company. It seems though, that this preference also applies to the rest of the world.