The Big Switch

Some people would say that the switch from modern thought to postmodern thought was a big switch.  Others would say it is still happening.  Either way, it intrigues how that switch might play out on the Internet... not so much "Is the Internet a product of this switch?" but... "Can we observe culture change via how people use it?"  

Nick Carr thinks we can... he wrote a book called The Big Switch (no, it's not my term) and his basic premise is that the Internet is changing culture.  How?  Carr stated on the Sept. 25th "Colbert Report" (http://www.hulu.com/watch/36717/the-colbert-report-thu-sep-25-2008) that we are now beginning to think like the Internet in that we are simply open to the random updates and constant buzzing of meaningless/ful news and incessant option of the Internet.  So, we're losing our ability to concentrate.  As ridiculous as it might sound off the cuff, it gives me pause because I do find it a lot harder to settle down and just read a book or contemplate and write/journal.  

Of course, the younger you are, the more this applies to you.  Whether it's happening to you or not, it is happening to the lion's share of a generation, and Christians are gonna have to figure out how to communicate the timeless values of listening, waiting, meditating... no worries, though.  I think there will plenty of people hungry for a bit of inner sanctum.