Today I viewed a short slideshow from Business Insider on technology and its correlation to manners. The article listed "11 ways that technology is making us rude." These reasons were things like, taking out your phone in the middle of a conversation, using email text and social media to have conversations better suited face to face, and even belittling someone for asking a simple question because they could have googled the answer. It also brought up the use of proper launguage and how abbreviating things is easy, but not appropriate or professional. The ideas in this slideshow were very broad, and not many remedies were suggested for the problem. I do belive, however, that the purpose was to bring this rudeness to attention, with the hope that those being rude will realize it and try to fix their actions.

I chose this source becuase I think the concept of manners could be looked at as a form of social sustainability. Individuals have not had to use basic social skills such as manners because most conversations are typed out, not spoken. Growing up in the technological age, I have also had many personal experiences with this. Viewing this slideshow made me think about my own actions and made me see from a different perspective how unprofessional I could potentially seem to someone who didn't grow up texting and posting. I now see the importance of sending manners to future generations, and not making them a lost art.

Slideshow URL: http://www.businessinsider.com/tech-manners-and-etiquette-2013-4#