{"id":8220,"date":"2022-01-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2022-01-07T19:48:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T00:48:22","slug":"the-age-of-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/the-age-of-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"The Age of Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"The Age of Efficiency! 1\/10\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=gk33i-1172e37-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We have called this the Information Age, but I would give it a different name.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I would call it the Age of Efficiency. We want every process streamlined &#8211; we want it efficient. The doctor&#8217;s office doesn&#8217;t want you checking in with the receptionist anymore, that is a&nbsp;time&nbsp;waster. Through the miracle of technology, they have streamlined the&nbsp;time&nbsp;wasting&nbsp;process of having you write your name. Now you walk up to a computer terminal and type your name, forget talking to a receptionist.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have efficiently eliminated all the&nbsp;time&nbsp;wasting&nbsp;human interaction of the past. The future of the world, our society, and technology all look headed toward increased efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We are in a&nbsp;time&nbsp;when we don&#8217;t prize human interaction. We stare at screens, small and large, when we are right next to people. We don&#8217;t prize service, love, tenderness or sacrifice. We are a culture that has set our sights on the goal of Absolute Efficiency<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Dan Matthews for sharing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>What you do for yourself alone dies with you. What you do for others and for the world remains and is immortal.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did YOU feel the last time YOU were with someone and all they did was stare at a screen?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are YOU doing to improve YOUR human interaction in this Age of Efficiency?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE PRESENCE OF JESUS IN YOUR LIFE MAKES YOU A SUCCESS!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have called this the Information Age, but I would give it a different name.&nbsp; I would call it the Age of Efficiency. We want every process streamlined &#8211; we want it efficient. The doctor&#8217;s office doesn&#8217;t want you checking in with the receptionist anymore, that is a&nbsp;time&nbsp;waster. Through the miracle of technology, they have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"ocean-thumb-m":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"ocean-thumb-ml":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"ocean-thumb-l":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen.png",283,187,false],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen-140x100.png",140,100,true],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-Staring-at-Screen-45x45.png",45,45,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Medard Laz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/author\/medlaz\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/category\/daily-treats\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Daily Treats<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"We have called this the Information Age, but I would give it a different name.&nbsp; I would call it the Age of Efficiency. 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