Eh?

Liz 8: Q

Eh? Anybody listening? I don’t think we listen well…unless we care about someone else more than ourselves. Even Simmons is constantly talking about listening. For what reason ….obtain a goal …..a position of influence, get our way? She states, “our emergent social patterns have us running in a disconnecting spiral of ‘I’m not getting enough attention. Why should I give you attention? In this environment, cynicism replaces mutual respect, alienation replaces community, and resistance replaces influence.’” Until we really care about another person, will we truly listen? Question: Do we exacerbate the problem of disconnectedness by using communication methods like text messaging and facebook which involve little of the 85% of connection in the message highlighted in chapter 4? Does this form of storytelling in essence diminish it’s effectiveness?