Comments on: Is Technology to Blame for Emotional Barriers? https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/03/is-technology-to-blame-for-emotional-barriers/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Wed, 29 Jan 2014 01:01:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Bojenn https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/03/is-technology-to-blame-for-emotional-barriers/#comment-30145 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 01:01:39 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=10315#comment-30145 Yes! No questions about this. Blame, the invention of TV, then, soon came ~ Pac Man…

]]> By: Technology, My Nemesis | E.B. Feir https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/03/is-technology-to-blame-for-emotional-barriers/#comment-30144 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:09:06 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=10315#comment-30144 […] have, though, also read some really great posts about technology (check out Kristin Lamb’s post) , and how rather than tearing us apart, perhaps we should use it to really, you know, socialize. […]

]]> By: pamelacreese https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/03/is-technology-to-blame-for-emotional-barriers/#comment-30143 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:32:07 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=10315#comment-30143 I am coming to this one late, but had to think of what I could add to the conversation here. Technology is not, in and of itself, the issue. People are the issue. We enjoy the anonymity, we hide behind it and use it as an excuse for behaviors most would not exhibit in face to face exchanges. Yet it has some wonderful advantages in helping us connect as well. My oldest daughter lives a thousand miles from me. I have littles still at home, school, work, money issues… all the things in life that conspire to keep people from being together. But we have Skype…and with it I can see my daughter whenever we want.
The same applies in some ways to the new technologies for books. Love them or hate them, they both disconnect readers from the ability to easily find new authors to love, and allow new writers to publish books without a publisher (sometimes…maybe even often…before the writer is actually “ready” to make that step…but as you have told us in your blog “live and learn and do better next time”
Thank you for your posts. I enjoy them.

]]> By: joannabransonauthor https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/03/is-technology-to-blame-for-emotional-barriers/#comment-30142 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:07:13 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=10315#comment-30142 I never thought about it this way, Kristen, but it makes a lot of sense. My dad worked all day and got home at dinnertime, much like yours. BUT… at the dinner table and during the evening hours following dinner until our bedtime, he fully engaged with my sister and I, by his choice. Which is probably why technology in restaurants and my husband watching TV all evening makes me absolutely ape-sh*&% batty now! Thank you for the perspective!

]]> By: chitrader https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/03/is-technology-to-blame-for-emotional-barriers/#comment-30141 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:36:15 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=10315#comment-30141 Technology is a tool. Neutral. Just there. The way we use tech can be the problem. Overuse is the biggest problem, i.m.o. People hide behind tech because it’s easier than having a real relationship with real people. All things in moderation is a good philosophy regarding tech.

Chris

]]> By: Tammy https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/03/is-technology-to-blame-for-emotional-barriers/#comment-30140 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:27:26 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=10315#comment-30140 One of the biggest problems I see with social media is the feedback loop. Whether it is a “like” on Facebook or Instagram, or a “favorite” or “retweet” on Twitter, social media is designed to become a habit. I’ve had friends tell me they get frustrated if they don’t get enough likes. Some people check their cell phones or laptops excessively for feedback. So while the technology is not entirely to blame, there is no doubt in my mind social media was designed with habits in mind..

]]> By: KM Huber https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/03/is-technology-to-blame-for-emotional-barriers/#comment-30139 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:02:24 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=10315#comment-30139 Ever the eternal optimist, perhaps technology will us help us find our better selves, ultimately. Our immediate online connection with one another is revealing us to ourselves, meaning our words may not be written in stone but words in the ether are for eternity. Maybe technology will finally improve the way we use words; after that, maybe our manners will improve as well. Beautiful and thoughtful post, Kristen.

Karen

]]> By: Jessica Knauss https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/03/is-technology-to-blame-for-emotional-barriers/#comment-30138 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:48:36 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=10315#comment-30138 Technology has so much potential do bring us closer together, and yet it has mainly driven us apart. Everyone has to decide how to use it!

]]> By: Satin Sheet Diva https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/03/is-technology-to-blame-for-emotional-barriers/#comment-30137 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:44:38 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=10315#comment-30137 In reply to Daniel Escurel Occeno.

Good luck to you as well 🙂

]]> By: Daniel Escurel Occeno https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/03/is-technology-to-blame-for-emotional-barriers/#comment-30136 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:16:02 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=10315#comment-30136 In reply to Satin Sheet Diva.

It is a personal venture. Do what you must. I want to concentrate on writing novels so I really do not want to jump head first at the ten-foot deep side of a swimming pool, especially when I do not know how to swim. But I now know how to write novels. I will write it my way until I find an editor willing to pay me to write it a different way. Good luck and have fun. I wanted to rent a booth at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri to showcase my novels when I was published. If World Book Encyclopedia could be successful with the marketing scheme, surely I could with my books. Right now for me, write it and find an editor of a publishing house.

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