鄰桌坐著，但是只用鍵盤說話；所有通知通告都用郵件發送；連同事間的嬉笑怒罵都是用各種表情符號來傳遞的。這就是我們的“默聲”時代。

Talking to a colleague sitting next to you through instant messaging instead of vocal communication, mass texting friends and relatives with downloaded festival greetings instead of calling them in person, e-mailing work reports to your boss without worrying about getting punched in the face and saving printing resources for your company at the same time. Does any of this sound familiar to you? Yes, this is what we are doing every day. We’ve come into the mute age.

跟鄰桌同事商量事情不用張口，而用MSN之類的聊天工具；逢年過節親朋好友問候，不再用昂貴的長途電話，改成了群發網上下載的祝福短信；工作匯報也不必浪費公司紙張油墨、不必擔心老板臉色，一封郵件統統搞定。以上描述的這些場景你覺得熟悉嗎？對，這就是我們每天都在做的事情。我們已經進入了“默聲”時代。

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