Cable in Grand Central

Chandler’s description of communication being simultaneous sending and receiving of information instead of just one sender and one receiver reminds me of when Cable internet was introduced. Before this time, the main type of Internet connection was dial-up. The sender would be the telephone company and the receiver would be the customer with the computer acting as the receiver. The problem with this was that only one thing could send and receive at a time. If a phone call was attempted at the same time, you would lose your connection. If only one person could talk while someone else listened, conversation would be very boring. I feel that communication is more like a cable Internet connection. At one moment there are many types of information going through a cable wire at that time. Information is constantly being streamed to your television simultaneously as information is being sent and received by the computer modem. The information being sent to the modem is only translated/interpreted by the modem while the cable box only interprets the television information. When you step into Grand Central in New York City you may experience something quite similar. There is often tons of people talking, texting, etc. simultaneously, often in different languages. You can only find meaning in that which you can intercept and interpret.