A random thought...from a Rock Star

Ahhhh - some words of wisdom that I really like from the interesting (and strange) Jack White. As much as I love all things technical...the internet, i-tunes, blogging, Twitter, Flickr, FaceBook, Instagram, Pintrest, etc. I dis-like there is less balance. That is such a simple - yet key word - for me! I hate it that bookstores and record stores are almost extinct. That almost everything is replaced by a techy gadget. That we are always plugged in. I still want to buy the actual CD sometimes...and flip thru the booklet, look at the design - turn the actual pages of a book....get a 'real' card or invite in the mailbox with a stamp on it!  Talk on the phone vs - only texting/emailing. Stuff like that. Some studies have shown with all this internet interaction - alot of people are actually lonelier, even with their 724 FB friends. And that's just kinda sad.

"Why go to a bookstore and get a real book? You can just download it. Why talk to other human beings, discuss different authors, writing styles and influences? Just click your mouse. Well here's what they'll someday learn if they have a soul; there's no romance in a mouse click. There's no beauty in sitting for hours playing video games (anyone proud of that stop reading now and post your opinion in the nearest forum). The screen of an iPhone is convenient, but it’s no comparison to a 70mm showing of a film in a gorgeous theater. The Internet is two-dimensional…helpful and entertaining, but no replacement for face-to-face interaction with a human being. But we know all of that, right? Well, do we? Maybe we know all that, but so what?  Let's wake each other up.

The world hasn't stopped moving. Out there, people are still talking to each other face-to-face, exchanging ideas and turning each other on. Art houses are showing films, people are drinking coffee and telling tall tales, women and men are confusing each other and record stores are selling discs full of soul that you haven’t felt yet. So why do we choose to hide in our caves and settle for replication? We know better. We should at least. We need to re-educate ourselves about human interaction."

-Jack White