IPhone, electronics, and technology has become the norm of today’s world. Communication has dramatically changed over years. We can communicate faster and more cost-effectively, we have access to more information, and we have more choices of how to communicate. In the short essay “The limits of friendship “by Konnikova she speaks on Dunbar number and questions whether having more virtual friends/relationship will influence us in a positive or negative way, also for the future generation. In Konnikova's writing she tries to explain to us how a relationship clicks. How we link with other people, and how a good relationship should possibly look. With the development of social media, and technology we can connect with millions of more people than
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However, these groups can be double minded.” (236). from those stats I can relate to them in some type of way. Friends come and go, either you grow apart from each other after graduation or some of those friends are life lessons not to have again. But on the other hand I don’t think anyone can remember or even have 150 “casual friends. “No one cannot have a profound connection with more than a few people. Time prohibits it. Deep friendship requires cultivation over the years-evenings before the fire, long walks together, and lots of time for talk. It requires keeping the television off so that the two of you can log in with each other.”(The Friendship Factor, written in 1979, Alan Loy McGinnis). For us to possibly have this type of connection with 150 “casual friends “or less is impossible and would take …show more content…
The average friends on these social media are about 300. How many are your real friends? And would you consider the others virtual friends? Having virtual friends and relationships are not harmful as people make them seem to be. Social media needs to get credited more with positive feedback than negative ones. When a teen/adult pulls a stunt or some kind of stupidity the first thing we do is blame social media for their actions. But having virtual, online relationships, and friendships are a great investment. One reason is networking, it is great to meet someone across the world in a split second just by a press of a button. You can either connect with that person in a business way, intimate, or just being friends. Why limit ourselves to the people we see every day. “The 20s are when most people accumulate almost all of their formal education; when most people meet their future spouses and the friends they will keep” (211). Henig is absolutely correct in your 20s you should be searching for your future spouses and friends. Now we have social media and the internet it is easier to communicate with someone that you find attractive or even looks fun to hang with. Most 20 year olds don’t have a stable source of income to catch a flight to travel the world, to find their significant other or some
However, these groups can be double minded.” (236). from those stats I can relate to them in some type of way. Friends come and go, either you grow apart from each other after graduation or some of those friends are life lessons not to have again. But on the other hand I don’t think anyone can remember or even have 150 “casual friends. “No one cannot have a profound connection with more than a few people. Time prohibits it. Deep friendship requires cultivation over the years-evenings before the fire, long walks together, and lots of time for talk. It requires keeping the television off so that the two of you can log in with each other.”(The Friendship Factor, written in 1979, Alan Loy McGinnis). For us to possibly have this type of connection with 150 “casual friends “or less is impossible and would take …show more content…
The average friends on these social media are about 300. How many are your real friends? And would you consider the others virtual friends? Having virtual friends and relationships are not harmful as people make them seem to be. Social media needs to get credited more with positive feedback than negative ones. When a teen/adult pulls a stunt or some kind of stupidity the first thing we do is blame social media for their actions. But having virtual, online relationships, and friendships are a great investment. One reason is networking, it is great to meet someone across the world in a split second just by a press of a button. You can either connect with that person in a business way, intimate, or just being friends. Why limit ourselves to the people we see every day. “The 20s are when most people accumulate almost all of their formal education; when most people meet their future spouses and the friends they will keep” (211). Henig is absolutely correct in your 20s you should be searching for your future spouses and friends. Now we have social media and the internet it is easier to communicate with someone that you find attractive or even looks fun to hang with. Most 20 year olds don’t have a stable source of income to catch a flight to travel the world, to find their significant other or some