Concert Silence

So, this random thought popped into my head over the weekend as I was at a concert in Ann Arbor with a few friends of mine. Before the concert started, people are mingling, getting drinks, etc. and I'm just sitting and watching people, evesdropping on the conversation behind me when I begin to notice that several people have their phone out to text, or their ipod out or some other form of technology. While watching these people, I notice that most of them aren't talking to their friend sitting next to them, instead they are engrossed in whatever is on the screen they put in front of their face.

Now, I may be wrong, but 10 years ago I don't think this sort of thing would have been happening as much. Even 5 years ago maybe. Made me think ahead a little...10 years from now, will the time between the doors opening and a concert starting become, silent? Will there be quiet people with screens in their faces, ear buds in their ears and little to no conversation at all? The thought struck me and if that day ever comes, where I go to a concert or some other form of live entertainment and no one is speaking to one another...I will be so sad. It seems foreign to me now, but I wonder if in 10+ years it will just become "the way things are."