For over two thousand years the spoken word has been in the process of being colonized, first by
the written word, then by the printed word, and finally by the technologized word. Now, in the
Age of the Internet, computer word processing, social networking, and the text message, the spoken
word is in decline and at risk of disappearing if we do not react to this evolution, which is
quite rapidly disconnecting us from each other as well as from ourselves and the rich inner resources
that we all possess. The only solution is to re-establish living f2f conversation and interaction
by talking and listening to each other more frequently. The living spoken word heard directly
and not via the media or by using a machine is an endangered form of communication
which must be kept alive for the sanity and well-being of ourselves and of humanity.