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People love talking to each other. It has been like that since ancient times. Being able to communicate is a key feature to all complex organisms. Ever since our brain evolved a little bit we’ve tried to express ourselves. People used to grunt and draw on walls with sticks in the beginning. Later they started producing some form of speech but of course it was not enough as mankind also needed a way to write things down. This desire led to people coming up with all sorts of written languages which nowadays look completely irrational and quite simply ugly. We used to do to mimics, drawings, made sounds and what not just in order to communicate. The ground we have covered so far in order to reach our current state is simply impressive. We can use many ways to communicate now:

• By phone

• By video connection

• Over the Internet

• Via satellite

So today we not only talk fluently and easily but we have come up with so many words and definitions of these words. Our vocabulary is by far at its best. We have so many objects in our lives and they all require names. Technological progress, you can say, boosts our language progress. We also come up with new synonyms and verbs. There is a huge wealth of words and letters in all languages around the world.

So it looks like we’ve achieved it all, right? Where is the room for improvement? It is right in front of us. We now have our full focus on the way we transmit information in order to improve the rate at which we can communicate. While the way we talk and react to information has been evolving for thousands of years, the means of transmitting this communication have significantly improved only over the last few decades. We are now at a point where it is simply amazing to think about what we have. We use waves and something called the Internet to constantly stay in touch with each other. Similar to how well we transport things nowadays the way we converse has significantly changed as well.

Isn’t it simply mind-boggling that you have little device in your pocket which can buzz at any moment to let you know that someone wants to talk to you. Everyone has a little box connected to nothing physically allowing us to hear each other’s voices immediately. And it doesn’t take long. You immediately hear the person on the other side in their real voice. There is no wire, there is no electricity involved. Our signal is now transmitted by air thanks to satellites and ground stations. We have information in the air that we breathe! This is a remarkable achievement and 90% of the population of the Earth has no idea how it works. Even wired signal is pretty impressive all by itself. How does your voice go into a microphone and then travels some distance transmitted by a copper wire? Of course the explanation nowadays looks simple and everyone knows it but this does not make it any less miraculous.

People are greedy. This is what it all comes down to. Like in many areas of life where we strived to achieve progress, communication is also a result of our greed. What is the connection? Well, we want to make money as quickly as possible and with as few efforts as we can. This is why we need to constantly communicate any sort of news regarding our personal life, business relations etc. Quick communication or should we say instant communication saves time thus allowing us to make money thanks to the time saved. On the other hand many companies realise we have this need as a society and come up with ways to improve the way we talk and exchange information thus making money from us. Take the largest brands in this sector – Apple, Samsung, LG. They are devoted to making the next best cell phone. The more we need to converse, the more companies will try to come up with ways to make us spend money for such services.

Breaking news are now really “breaking”. Everyone is allowed to be a reporter nowadays. You can broadcast for free online and on social media. The hottest spots in the world can now be seen live. When a conflict breaks out we learn about it in the matter of minutes. News broadcasters love the fact that they can be the 1st to report on an event just by going online. It is not very easy to lie and manipulate facts too. This is because the user can simply get in touch with someone living on the other side of the world and check what really is happening. Nobody can hide as sources are now numerous and easy to access. Centuries and even only decades ago news took a lot of time to travel. Besides, there used to be a limited number of sources and people could not really verify the facts which they were given. Fortunately we no longer have these problems and are completely free to express ourselves.

The best part is that anyone can become a celebrity today just because of the levels of accessibility that we have. There are plenty of examples about independent vloggers and bloggers sharing information from their own living room. A person with certain qualities can become a public figure just by posting stuff online. You can express your views in videos recorded with your phone and you can gain followers. It doesn’t cost anything and might just put you on the radar of producers and companies which in turn just might hire you as a TV personality or a writer. Here is a chart about how audience perceives the information that we share:

Talking is important. We have plenty of things to say but the way we do it really matters. Speed matters and we will continue to improve this aspect of our communication. An email arrives almost instantly after it was sent but it is still not good enough for us, is it?