Disadvantages To Lightning Speed

Back then we struggled greatly. To attain simple knowledge you had to be steadfast and stately. Now that communication's so convenient, somehow no one bothers making plain conversations. And so it begs the question, have we gained speed or lost touch? A thousand words said, in reality, doesn't mean much, if they're spoken merely to fill the wretched dead spaces of life. Online I see a book of photographed faces, not the smell of their hair, nor the sparkle of their eyes when in the right light. Nothing like that happens when I click Send! So yes, there's disadvantages to lightning speed. Individual voices seem lost within the information super fog. No matter how much we read, if the ideas aren't there, then they might as well not be floating amidst the open air! There's give and take to lightning bolt technology. So quick to say what we do not mean. Words upon words bordering on obscene! Mere droplets tossed in the sea. And we almost never mean what we write, but write it anyway, if that's what it takes to feel together. And my friends don't take me wrong, it is, of itself, a noble endeavor. Just as long as you remember the simplest of things: don't mistake sameness for unity. For if so your house of straw will blow away undoubtedly. With this in mind you'll no longer be just a face in the crowd, but instead the individual whose voice is creating sound. So be yourself and no one else! And know that loving thy neighbor and thy creator truly is your greatest wealth.