Landlines, Dropped Calls, & the Human Instrument
Just one more example of a tech-induced isolation unit in our culture: the supplantation of an "indoor voice" landline conversation within earshot of housemates, officemates people walking by... with a texting-only or "shouting voice" dropped call conversation. Sensory deprivation units lost.
Asking your partner or coworker to keep their voice at an indoor level when fighting with their family is tricky - because it's hard to implement yourself.
We often dismiss decline of one tech and rise of the other to the false preference attribution. "Because the new way was better, I assume?" Often tech from (present day minus one) was either: 1) slightly less human-convenient OR 2) less corporate-profitable, yet more human-enjoyable.
Other person talks loudly within earshot.
You think silently:
("How could [coworker/partner/teen] be so rude?")
Minutes later you dial your own phone and the roles soon reversed:
You: "Jan, can you hear me? You said there was static, now can you hear me? We need to reschedule marriage counseling this week. Junior's teacher wants to have a conference with us over his [whisper]deviant[/whisper] behavior in class... Jan? Are you there? OK I think the call dropped, I'll text you. "Singers are called musicians with an instrument next to their heart - their voice.
We often dismiss decline of one tech and rise of the other to the false preference attribution. "Because the new way was better, I assume?" Often tech from (present day minus one) was either: 1) slightly less human-convenient OR 2) less corporate-profitable, yet more human-enjoyable.
