Comments on: The Latent Cultural Function Of Technologies http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/05/05/latent-cultural-function-of-technologies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=latent-cultural-function-of-technologies Adam Singer on digital marketing and online PR Tue, 22 May 2012 06:26:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rob O. http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/05/05/latent-cultural-function-of-technologies/#comment-24250 Rob O. Tue, 05 May 2009 14:20:12 +0000 http://thefuturebuzz.com/?p=3548#comment-24250 In much the same way that email has made the simple idea of a handwritten letter special, so too is SMS beginning to make voice calls something of a novelty. It amazes me that many of the Gen Y friends would sooner use their cell phone to text you rather than just speak to you. In fact, this is so prevalent in some portions of the demographic that they even get rattled by the notion of having to communicate via voice with their cell phones, much less actually talk with someone face-to-face. Similar to some of the other trends lately, like the Slow Food movement, the push for organics (even outside the realm of food), and environmentalism, I wonder if there'll come a time soon when we'll see a backlash within the Gen Y demographic that'll usher in a renaissance in low-tech communications. Maybe it'll become trendy to hand-write notes on recycled, organic cotton paper with soy ink... In much the same way that email has made the simple idea of a handwritten letter special, so too is SMS beginning to make voice calls something of a novelty. It amazes me that many of the Gen Y friends would sooner use their cell phone to text you rather than just speak to you. In fact, this is so prevalent in some portions of the demographic that they even get rattled by the notion of having to communicate via voice with their cell phones, much less actually talk with someone face-to-face.

Similar to some of the other trends lately, like the Slow Food movement, the push for organics (even outside the realm of food), and environmentalism, I wonder if there’ll come a time soon when we’ll see a backlash within the Gen Y demographic that’ll usher in a renaissance in low-tech communications. Maybe it’ll become trendy to hand-write notes on recycled, organic cotton paper with soy ink…

]]> By: Chris http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/05/05/latent-cultural-function-of-technologies/#comment-24248 Chris Tue, 05 May 2009 13:00:16 +0000 http://thefuturebuzz.com/?p=3548#comment-24248 Fascinating insight, especially the closing remark about that things "will be phased out slowly as their roots in culture dry up". It always amazes me that people often forget that we had a culture before newspapers, books, films, etc. I find that many people are inclined to assume that the have always been there - and therefore always will be there. Fascinating insight, especially the closing remark about that things “will be phased out slowly as their roots in culture dry up”. It always amazes me that people often forget that we had a culture before newspapers, books, films, etc. I find that many people are inclined to assume that the have always been there – and therefore always will be there.

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