Showing posts with label Doug Coupland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Doug Coupland. Show all posts

Monday, June 3, 2013

Disconnect to Connect?



After all of the research that I have been conducting on cell-phones for my articles "A Call for Cellular Change" and "Choosing Cellular Competition-- A Sweet Young Ting or a Virgin Mobile", this video from a Thai cell phone provider really had an impact.




As wonderful as that message is, it bears consideration how I got that message.  It was an intriguing post from a Facebook friend who I have only briefly met once  "in real life".  So in reality, I was inspired by a cyber-connection.  But to use a Doug Coupland conceit from his seminal book Generation X (1991) , it would be a mistake to rely on an internet "Air Family" as opposed to maintaining real relationships. 

Philosophically, I think that everything in moderation as well as keeping in mind the important things in life--relationships  are better maxims than Keep Calm and Disconnect to Connect.