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acomplishedartis:



On internet communication and regarding the new models of digital natives, we have to face the fact that now many persons that are taking good advantage of the internet have great possibilities to be no longer a consequence of their immediate physical surroundings. They are millions of media buffs using blogs, wikis, chat rooms, video-conferences, personal broadcasting, and informative web-pages and there are tons of online forums growing excessively fast. The easy accessibility puts the tools required at everybody’s fingertips, all one needs is a computer and a network connection.right?


We are really coming into an age where knowledge, power, and productive capability will be dispersed worldwide than at any time in our history. This new type of communication is breaking traditional forms to classify individuals and it is putting popular wisdom even lower. For the ones who take a really good advantage out of it freely, this new type of communication can be able to make them even more capable than traditional ways of learning at institutions full of limitations, intermediaries and bureaucracies.


When connected online, now we have more content, variety and different voices, but less time for assimilate them. What if millions of internet users are mostly over entertaining themselves on things with very little avail?, What if millions of internet users don’t have the skills and mind frames to stay away of irrelevant content and the persuasive temptation of praise of thousands of other users (for doing whatever)...?
But on the other side...
What If there is people that are taking the best advantage of it; studying hard, relating well and complementing strong relationships.


I believe there can be a balance between online and ‘face to face off-line' interaction; to make eye contact with people we love is awesome. However, when we speak, what matter the most is content. And if we are able to deliver this content as clearly as possible, online communication can work. We can be able to access both, we don't have to strictly chose one over the other ('online' over 'off-line' communication), if we have the capacity to get online, we can organize ourselves well by only seating in front of a computer screen for a very worthy reason.


In the end of the day some people make better classifications (or categorizations) of others, we all have to categorize, but we should be careful with many of this digital natives. Truth is that there is some few people using online communications and some others that don’t whom simply live life very different, away from the rest of the world because a revelation from above. A revelation of absolute truths from a series of ancient books called the Scriptures. On this present age of history many already have got to know about these truths through the internet. And what is for sure is that all these special people deserve a whole new box (category) to throw them into.

chav:
Hi Moises
Interesting post ,I see you have been doing a lot of reflecting as usual. Love the idea of being a 'digital native' though.
Dave

Kat:

Dan 12:4  "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase."

Hi Moises,

Yes I see this as being a time when knowledge has increased by leaps and bounds and a great deal of it is because of the readily availability of the internet and other digital devices. If you are not a "digital native" you will get left behind real fast.

As you stated, "I believe there can be a balance between online and ‘face to face off-line' interaction."

Yes there should be balance with this as in all things. It can be easy to let the innumerable amount of digital things available to interfere with our "face to face" relationships. So I try not to let my 'need' to use the internet to take away from those precious moments I have to share direct communication with family and friends.

Good thoughts for the times with live in.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

Stacey:
Deu 11:26  Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse

That's what the Internet is.

As far as people reading and not posting goes, I do it all the time. I post when and where I want to put my 2 cents in, that's all there is to it. Some folks might be shy or just not want to or for any number of reasons. I wouldn't read to much into folks not posting.

I think L. Ray Smith is a perfect example of someone who has used the Internet as a great tool to reach people all over the world in a positive way. As we all know, there are more than a few folks that don't see it that way.

jopie:
Hi Moises.
Thank you, I enjoyed your post.

I don't post much but I read a lot, and I really don't  type  well.
It would take me a long time just to type what you have written, besides, English is my second language.

There is so much food for thought here in the forum that I find my self just happy taking it all in.
I am just so glad to be part of all of you as I am somewhat starved for fellowship.
My wife, even though we have a good marriage, does not want anything to do with The Lord any more.
We were in the Pentecostal Church all our live.

I read in a post some where:
 "Don't doubt in the darkness what God has given you in the light".
So we hang in there for I know that we are called according to His purpose, it's God who's doing the work.

Blessings to you my brother.

John.
 

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