Freestyle writing example

Under a cool November sky, sitting on a wall (and freaking out the neighbors too), it occurred to me to write the following:

About Communication and Technology

Not communication technology. Everyone knows tons about that, so why say more? I'm thinking of these two separate concepts, and their effect on one another. What do I mean by it?

Well, figure this. Ten years ago, cellphones were still sort of a luxury. Yeah, remember those times? These days, I'm driving to the supermarket, and I think of my mom. So I think "hmmm, I haven't talked to her since Sunday, maybe I should give her a call". So I fumble into my pocket, squeeze my cellphone out my jeans while sitting down, and speed dial 8. Or even better, I just go "MOM" and the thing starts saying beeeeeeeep-------------- beeeeeeeeeep------------.

Took me maybe 10, 15 seconds to do the whole thing. And then 20 minutes waiting for her to stop nagging about my never calling her. But before, life was hard. We COULDN'T phone and drive. It was awful. You used to see people car-wrecked on the side of the road, WALKING entire blocks just to find a crappy payphone. Oh, and if you forgot the change, you're screwed. We still used to carry coins, how lousy was that?

Technology lets us talk to everyone, all the time now. But why would we want to do that? What's the point of talking to Tsing Hua down there in Saigon, when I can easily hook up with Easy Jenny down at the local bar? Have you seen those people flirting with Asian people on the net? (native Asians I mean...) What are they thinking? But people aren't really famous for their thinking. They're pretty stupid, actually. Yeah, I'm talking about you. You too, yes! We're stupid, admit it! At least I do.

What I'm trying to say is that we don't NEED technology. We don't need it. Cavemen, our grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand and add two thousand grands more, grand-grand-GRAND father was a caveman. He didn't have IM, but he hooked up! He didn't even have to call her, or buy her chocolates or all that crap. Yeah, people back then were straight-on. Hard-core. You remember, right? Yeah, the good old days...

We've forgotten what communicating is really for. They knew back then, and now we don't. Really. Now only the little cellphones and computers know about it, but we don't. What is it for? I can't tell you. No, I can't. We forgot, remember? We forgot ALL about it. But if people 40,000 years ago made it through without cellphones or online dating, I believe so can we.