11/02/2021
The Art of Conversation: How Tech Killed It
Hey Learners,
I was a phone conversation the other day and I thought about it after we hung up the phone.
There is an art to conversation and many people have lost it. Some never had it.
I will dissect the three forms of informal communication.
Monologue - Greek root Monologos or one, a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.
Dialogue - Latin root Dia or two, conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
Conversation - Latin root Con or with, a talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged.
Where did we go wrong as a society? When two people can sit at a table together while one of them is on the phone with someone else, what is that?
When two people are in the car going somewhere and the passenger is talking on her cellphone the entire time and the other person is driving and putting in the work. That's rude! Maybe it's a generational issue. Maybe I'm just old dude with outdated values.
