[joe_the_user]

Hmm,

Book plots, movie plots and real-life drama in many ways revolve around missed connections.

TV shows where everyone has a cell phone now have to use the device of turned-off, missing etc phones.

A world of perfect connections would theoretically have no drama but since connections are never perfect, we would never have that. On the other hand, in the technologically connected world, missed connections become tech failures. But someone, the richness of "a passionate glance in a crowded room" seems much greater than "a pic I saw just before hard drive crashed".

[InclinedPlane]

I think missed connections are just a crutch, a plot-writing cliche that was popular just because it was so easy. But I don't think it's necessary for great story writing.

[joe_the_user]

Yeah, that guy William Shakespeare was quite a hack for using the missed connections device in Romeo and Juliette as well as most of his comedies.

[simbolit]

well, if i think about real life the drama appears because of actively (though not always entirely conscious and willful) missed connections. people not telling things, forgetting to tell things, not feeling like talking right now, not feeling like talking at all, feeling embarrassed, etc...

there is lots of drama with perfect potential communication. because - lets face it - that is all technology is only ever to give us. potential.