 How many people notice that it's pretty much next impossible to have a meaningful conversation with anyone these days? Hey there, NJRoot22.com here with another general interest vlog and today it's sort of about society and about the disappearance of good conversation, dialogue and hearty discussion. The advent of technology in the internet has changed almost everyone. It literally rewired how people think, act and talk, or lack of talking. We can remember the days before all of this high-speed information and how conversations between people, you know, your friends, family, acquaintances, coworkers, had a different kind of flow. You got to really know people. You learn what they were all about, not just by looking at a profile or their carefully curated vacation photos, selfie pics and foodie pics. Sometimes we used to have, like, lingered for weeks or months. You'd have healthy debates, but rarely in an overheated way. People would just talk about things kind of and just go back and forth. There was no polarization or just everybody goes into their camp and they refuse to even like you anymore if you have one disagreeable topic. Each person would usually give the other person a chance to talk about it and actually listen. Even if they disagreed with them, you'd just listen to them fully, you know, and sometimes you'd let these discussions, you know, simmer for a day or two or a week. You didn't have to pick it up right away, you know, the next day, you'd just, oh, remember that thing we were talking about? Oh yeah, I did this research or I tested what you set out and it worked and like you'd go back and forth and there would never be any kind of rush to judgment or conclusion of your beliefs. Now this was before we had pocket computers. That's what I like to call them. The search results, you know that they're BS these days because you look something up and the first result, everybody believes is true. That's just people who have good search engine optimization tactics or maybe the companies want the fake information out there. You know, you'd learn over experience and experimentation how things would go. No one was looking to win. You know, when you talk to most people these days, you know, if you have a disagreement, the first thing people do is pick up their phone and Google it. I really hate that. See, see, it says it here on my phone. And what bothers me more is that everybody seems to think they know it all. They know it all because they read it somewhere. They never experienced it or never saw it firsthand or never replicated a belief or a claim. Oh, this, it's good to eat bread. Replicate that you fatty. To put it more accurately, everybody has now what I believe are rock solid opinions about everything. They think they're 100% right about everything they believe. And what's happening is it's a real polarization of human beings. And it's all being shaped by a digital echo chamber that most people spend their time in. I really miss the days where long form conversation was the norm. Everybody had a real curiosity about life and things. And conclusions were really never very rarely made. The topic was always open for discussion and people were always willing to hear opposing beliefs because you never know. Now, once you believe something, you're never going to change your mind. That's it. So if you liked this video, please hit the bell and subscribe and maybe we'll talk some more about it on our digital one sentence form here.