Quote of the day

The more complicated and elaborate our system of communication is, the less we end up communicating. Face to face, that is, anyway. See, back in the old days, they had to communicate face to face. They had to take horses and travel long distances to deliver letters or messages by mouth directly. Later on, they had telegrams. People who couldn't afford them would still travel and speak mouth to mouth, but less people than before the telegram. Later, early phone systems came out. Those who had a phone got to use that for communication, others used telegrams, and fewer spoke directly! Even later, computers came out and email became a possibility (not at the same time as computers were released, but later of course), and you get the point: less people used all of the other systems and less people spoke direct. As life went on, more was invented: high speed internet and email and cell phones and smartphone cell phones and tablets and Skype and FaceTime and all sorts of amazing communication devices! Unfortunately, less people communicate face to face! It is hurting our ability to communicate. So I encourage all of you to speak directly when you can... If you can.