Digital Communication

The increasing reliance of modern life on digital communication is disliked by some under the misguided impression that this style of communication is an acid to in-person relationships (mostly conservatives, of course), even though its critics are often quick to assert other claims that contradict their entire basis for discouraging digital communication.  Digital messaging formats like texting allow for instant communication between friends, family members, coworkers, and strangers across continents, and it is often used for trivial purposes or dismissed as a destructive thing!

It is hardly surprising that conservatives, who are slow to embrace even positive social changes, might be reluctant to accept new technological trends, but that does not lessen the cognitive dissonance when they simultaneously refuse to express consistent gratitude for the technology they rely on as they lament the supposed lack of gratefulness in their society.  Ironically, some of those who would fallaciously condemn digital communication technology as a detriment to human sociality are the first to complain about a real or perceived lack of gratefulness in the modern era.

Of course, hypocritical tirades against technology are not limited to people who allegedly despise ungratefulness while being ungrateful about the monumental strides towards greater communicational convenience that technology has allowed for.  The bias against digital communication methods is only one of many ways that technology is unjustly treated as invasive or immoral.  It is simply one of the more visible and ironic anti-technology biases.

It is easier than ever to form networks for one's professional life, keep friendships alive or thriving even when great distance is involved, and stay updated on current events (as far as epistemological limitations allow for).  The reason for this is technology in every case!  There is nothing rational about making negative assumptions about technology--or making assumptions of any kind about any subject--but the stupidity of those who are hostile to new technology by default goes even deeper.