Too Much Media

As the world becomes more connected, I feel less and less able to connect to individuals.  What I mean by this is that as there is more information, more media, I feel like it's almost impossible to be able to connect with people in terms of common interests.  In the past it seemed that geographic proximity was enough to really have a common interest with people you meet; however, as more and more of us are living our lives online, I feel like its harder to have common interests with everyone.  Because we have access to almost everything within seconds, it expands the amount of information that a given person can absorb.

As we progress in terms of world connections, I feel like there will become more and more of a divide within our communities.  Local information as a topic of conversation is giving way to world topics; however, the immense amount of information out there makes it impossible to know everything.  I feel like this is leading to a situation in which the people around me are able to know a lot, I can spend hours trying to know a lot, and yet we won't have any information in common to connect us.  

This seems like a fairly cynical view of the world; however, I also believe that this situation will help people who have common interests find each other and connect easier.  Conversation and connection will come down to common interest and not just common location.  

So I guess this could be a good thing too....

Movie to check out: The Visitor

Band to check out: The Brodrick