Kristine, flights to conversation.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Kristine, your captain speaking. We just landed at the BSPH airport. I would like to thank you for enjoying the ride and hope that you will bring all the knowledge this journey have shared to you.  Before I forgot,  I would like to share this quote to you before you leave, "It's better to have a flight to conversation  instead of having flight from conversation." by yours truly.    And along with Sherry Turkle, together we say, " look up, look at one another, and let’s start the conversation." Once again I am wishing you, safe skies, 1A. ⛅  image source: art by jamie-lyn, Pinterest  

In today's episode of "Would you rather?"  Choose one: Would you rather converse face to face?  Or Would you rather converse through online technology?  I invite you all to please state your answers and reason through comments. ✍   image source:  Dribble, Pinterest Freepik, Pinterest                              

  The unseen and the ignored because "we flew from conversation." some ideas are also taken from the work of Sherry Turkle, "The Flight from Conversation". 🧷 we isolate ourselves, instead of truly connecting 🧷 we thought we are comforted, but the truth is we're talking with robots. 🧷 we are slowly letting the technology control us 🧷 we reduce the real human contact 🧷 we tend to be more lazy and waste most of our time especially on social media 🧷 we neglect the essence of true interactions for online technological connections And the list goes on. How about you? Do you have any idea about the negative effects of modern technology? Feel free to share your thoughts by commenting. ✍ Reference: Akram, W., & Kumar, R. (2017). A study on positive and negative effects of social media on society.    International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, 5(10), 347-354. image source: https://medium.com/@johnjaysondelapaz/essay-the-effects-of-modern-technolo...

Today's cup of tea: "We can’t deny that right now we have the most advanced methods of real time communication in existence, with the ability to stay connected to everyone and everything, wherever we are in the world — so why are so many of us feeling more disconnected from the world and others than ever?" , Ross Stevenson stated as his insight to our relationship with technology and each other. Today's generation have the access to internet and most have their own gadgets, so it is normal for us to communicate through it. We use electronics even with the people we communicate is/are near to us, literally. It is easy for us to share our thoughts. It is much more convenient for us  in engaging to a conversation. Actually, those I've said are just few of the reasons.  Yes, the modern technology may have given us the advantage and benefit, but there are things unseen and ignored. Are you truly connected? You may comment down your thoughts. ✍ Reference: Stevenson, R. ...

  "So, in order to feel more, and to feel more like ourselves, we connect." , said Sherry Turkle. But with whom do we connect? Or should I ask, with what means do we connect? With the presence of mobile phones, tablets, laptops, computers, and such, we tend to give more attention to them than making time in conversing face to face to our friends, workmates, families, or to other people. Indeed, it does make communications easier and convenient for us. We can reach people we want to connect with even those from afar. However, by connecting virtually, we lost connection to the reality. For that, the biggest question I can come up with, is why? Why would people rather chose to communicate through modern technology? Are we comforted as we used those "little devices"? To those who are seeing this, you may comment down your reasons. ✍ image source: Invision App, Pinterest

  Ladies and gentlemen, welcome on board to flight 1A! This is Kristine, your captain speaking. I ask you to seat back, relax, and enjoy, as we are going to take a ride on to "The Flight from Conversation" by Sherry Turkle. We are ready for take off, and I am wishing you safe skies,1A. image source: ilikewallpaper, Pinterest