"Although man has the ability to communicate everything, anywhere, anytime and instantly, he finds that he has nothing to say" Thomas Merton A lot of people communicates on the Internet with social networks, email or instant messaging. Tools that together with the telephone and video calls give us the possibility of contacting virtually any person anywhere. It is possible to generate messages that reach groups of friends and if they share it with many more people. However, if you look for a moment at messages from any social network or snoop into the inbox of any email account you will notice that most of the content is junk and noise. Is society losing its capacity for discourse, narrative, dialogue and reflection" Mari Paz López Santos reminds me that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Thomas Merton, a prolific thinker and writer who mixed monastic contemplation with intense social advocacy. He was able to see ahead of time a reality that today is everyday. We suffer an intensive bombardment of information and noise at the same time that we have less and less to say. We babble complaints, protests and screams. We kick what we don't like and cheer for our sports heroes. But when it comes to reflecting on the really important things in our lives or to engaging in a deep dialogue with someone on the subject, we encounter great difficulties. This is a symptom of social illness that translates into individual suffering, especially wh...