Detachment

As I read Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, I found several points he makes very intriguing. He says "We acquired the art of carrying out the most dangerous social operations with complete detachment. But our detachment was a posture of noninvolvement" (20). This is interesting because with the digital age we have all become very detached from life itself. How many of us send empty and meaningless text messages saying "hello" or "what's up?" to our friends we rarely talk to? Technology, despite its positive aspects, has created a detached barrier between us all. This could just be the beginning of what is to come. The internet has also created a detached movement towards not even being able to recognize the tone of voice our friends have.