When you try to reconnect.

I lis­te­ned to this while wri­ting this post, try it while you read :o)

This is the seventh in a series of posts reflec­ting on our willin­gness to remem­ber and the qua­li­ty of that know­ledge. These posts should be read in order of publi­ca­tion. Star­ting with num­ber six, for example, would make no sense to the rea­der. Hap­py reading!

Let’s go back to our mecha­ni­cal waves. You are in a room where eve­ryone is tal­king at a lou­der or quie­ter volume. While some are whis­pe­ring, others are screa­ming in your ears. The lat­ter sup­plant the for­mer, even if they tur­ned up the volume of their com­mu­ni­ca­tion, how would you hear it if you were alrea­dy dea­fe­ned by the screams? In order to convey an impor­tant mes­sage, you could choose ano­ther chan­nel, such as visual, or prio­ri­tize your mes­sage. This is kind of what natio­nal cell phone alert sys­tems are trying to do.

An excep­tion to the rule would be alerts. An end­less­ly repea­ted mes­sage attracts our atten­tion because of the annoyance it gene­rates. A crying baby or child repea­ting your name over and over again is a great way to get your atten­tion at the expense of someone else. On the other hand, could we ima­gine a world in which we would be constant­ly at war over the atten­tion of our reci­pients? What do you say? Is that what’s hap­pe­ning now? You’re quite right. I hope you like it, because it’s thanks to us that we have got to this point. How can we get out of it then? First­ly, do we want to? Second­ly, is there a way out to regain our com­mu­ni­ca­tive dignity?

To be continued…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on Decem­ber 28, 2020 by Coach Dan­ny