Comments on: Will the Future Limit Us? http://www.cyberfootprint.eu/will-the-future-limit-us/ Leaving a mark in the blogosphere Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:55:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Christian http://www.cyberfootprint.eu/will-the-future-limit-us/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Christian Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:49:59 +0000 http://www.cyberfootprint.eu/?p=153#comment-10 Interesting thoughts - and I'd go even further by saying that the many forms of communication and language can be complementary. I use twitter, read blogs, email, IM, read magazines in print and online and love to curl up with a good book - so I don't necessarily think that one needs to eliminate the other. It's more of a question of personal preference, and having a diversity of media available to you to choose from - it's the same with the spoken word. I don't swear when I talk to my parents, I'll occasionally switch to LOLSpeak if I'm making a joke to my girlfriend or switch to high geek if I'm having a techy discussion about building PCs. Definitely agree on your point about meaning being fixed with people, rather than intrinsically in language. I took a philosophy class on communication a while ago, and that was basically the conclusion as well! Interesting thoughts – and I’d go even further by saying that the many forms of communication and language can be complementary. I use twitter, read blogs, email, IM, read magazines in print and online and love to curl up with a good book – so I don’t necessarily think that one needs to eliminate the other. It’s more of a question of personal preference, and having a diversity of media available to you to choose from – it’s the same with the spoken word. I don’t swear when I talk to my parents, I’ll occasionally switch to LOLSpeak if I’m making a joke to my girlfriend or switch to high geek if I’m having a techy discussion about building PCs.

Definitely agree on your point about meaning being fixed with people, rather than intrinsically in language. I took a philosophy class on communication a while ago, and that was basically the conclusion as well!

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