A little help, Mr Watson?

"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
Western Union telegraph company memo, 1877.

I read this interesting piece of article the other day. It said that people today would prefer to have all their communications done in the form of messages, either emails, sms, whats app, viber, chatz and what-have-you applications on their smartphones, instead on picking up their phones and dialing someone for a voice conversation

Apparently, in todays world, having someone call you can be deemed as intrusive. With many people leading very busy lives these days, they do not have the time nor space to have a chat.

I remember being a teenager and wishing that I had a phone in my room like some of the girls on Nickelodeon. It seemed like the coolest thing to have your girlfriends call you at every hour of the day and for us to discuss on how cute our new PE teacher was. Or which boy was the cutest and giggle like some mad cow disease induced teenagers. But I guess that’s all changed now, with technology being so advanced that teenagers can just LOL, IDK, SYL, BSB, NKOTB, ETC each other at any time.

I admit, yes, maybe sometimes at work, I too do not answer every call I get. But I will always try my best to call back the non-intrusive friend and can only hope that my return call does not intrude her/his time.

Imagine a world in 20 years. You would not even know how your child sounds like. Or your mom. Or even your boss if we all decide that we can just work from homes and save costs on offices.

So much for centuries of civilization and technological evolution. Thank you, Mr AG Bell