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RE: Listening: The Foundation of All Good Communication
Communication is tricky and I'm not sure our current technologies aid in this process. Social media, messaging and texting are sometimes a barrier to effective in my mind. We see this breakdown on the time on social media. I wrote this a while back:
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@kobiespriggs/limits-of-conversation-and-the-subsequent-rise-of-the-sophist-logos-ethos-and-pathos
The effect or influence of technology on interpersonal communication is an important topic. I’m finding that the majority of my students know that smart phones have had a certain negative impact, and it seems that people are coming back to a middle ground of at least trying to get back to more face to face communication. At the same time, the technology isn’t going anywhere and is going to keep developing and throwing more curve balls at humanity, which is just more reason to keep researching, learning and teaching human communication.
I think we just need to be conscious of the way technology shapes us. It is ontological design. We seem to believe that we (being the arrogant species we are ) bend and master technical advances and nature. However, often we aren't reflective of the ways technology returns the favour and moulds us back! If we can get better at this I will be more hopeful! :)