To the dismay of many I don't get the morning paper. Nor do I get up at 5am to watch the early show. When I make my morning commute I roll into the office with my iPod plugged into the car, or I jam to XM radio where I am promised to not be disturbed by mindless chatter around who shot who, what highway is clogged, or what famous person is having a birthday. Simply put I don't care, nor do I have the time to care. Many may call this apathy, not even close.
The part that really keeps my elders up at night is I don't glue myself to the TV each team the President decides to address the nation, foreign policy does not excite me, nor does discussion around the recent oil spill in the gulf coast. So the question they all ask themselves is..."why does Dave not care?" Well, it's not that I'm heartless, it's that so many others DO care so much it saves me a ton of time. The truth is I don't need to waste an hour watching the president talk, wasting time in between the standing ovations for him to start talking again. Millions of people already do that. I've merely simplified the process. If the president says something that gets the nation in an uproar I'm assured that at least one of my friends on Facebook, or one of the people I follow on Twitter will be all over it. If not...it's great coffee pot convo for the next morning. I simply ask a co-worker, "So, I was busy last night and didn't get to watch, give me the 30 second version of what the chief had to say." It works every time.
That is the great thing about the social media revolution. The information truly does come to me. I can now see at the click of a mouse that my long lost buddy from college is finally 'in a relationship" or catch the latest sale at my latest store. I can't remember the last time I actually bought a book of stamps, walked inside of the bank, or read a printed newspaper.
A red traffic light is no longer a waste of time, but rather an opportunity to catch a quick glimpse of what's going on in the world. Times they are changing, are you changing with them??
