In my short life, after decades of talking too much, Ive come to realize that if one is always speaking, one never listens. If you never listen to others, well, youre limiting your access to a lot of data and understanding. Recently, after much deliberation I thought Id check out what the world of Chat Rooms is like. People talk to each other by writing , voice, and web cam. This is a really big phenomenon; I wanted to see what all the fuss is about.

I expect there are many chat rooms where all the people with similar interests get to know each other, and share their perspectives on various aspects of life. These are sizeably successful , much cheaper than telephones, and multiple, random everybody might chat to one another simultaneously.

But I speak the truth, and my preconceived ideas about mindless gossip from jaded humans were sadly affirmed as I arbitrarily checked chat rooms that supposedly discussed important subjects. It seems some people are just very bored, and want to be cool and swear on-line, insulting others, and giving this area of understanding technology a bad title . I think a lot of many people are using the rooms solely for personal conversation that contextually no one else may understand.

I went to a chat room about religion, and then to one about tattoos and it seemed like the identical all the people we are talking. Most of the conversation didnt even touch the supposed subject matter. It was definitely a disenchanting knowledge but hopefully with more research I hope to come across some serious rooms where the true intent of the creators has come to fruition.

I guess its grand that bored people in our technological society have others to talk to. It means depressed adolescents might feel more connected to others and not so alone in the world, maybe even having a positive effect on a possibly suicidal youth. But, I do feel this nonsensical chitchat is a sign of our next generations apathetic view of present reality in our postmodern culture. When reading the writing from a supposedly religious discussion, and hearing graphic utilize of derogatory terminology, I really have to wonder about the present spiritual beliefs of my culture.

I am a true believer of the concept that technology is here to further the consciousness of humanity. Computers and the Internet might help bring all of us in the world together, thus evolving our society to the next level. After looking at chat rooms, I feel there is a need to integrate more wisdom and compassion into our new world generation. Having the technology is dazzling, but it is only one half of the equation. To generate the Internet work properly, I think we absolutely need to instill the same faith we have in science, into a faith that encompasses the actual creators of the data and communication tools-humanity itself. We seem to realize that we can invent many sizeably workable things, but it looks like were missing out on the great truth: that we ourselves are part of, and made of something nice in itself: Life. (Existence!)

By Jesse S. Somer
M6.Net
http://www.m6.net
Jesse S. Somer is a simple human hoping to help others to see the huge possibilities of the Internet.