neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoWhat's an important (in your opinion) skill too many people seem to lack?message-squaremessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down11
arrow-up181arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an important (in your opinion) skill too many people seem to lack?neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareathairmor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 day agoWe live in a hyperbolic age. People’s attention has been commodified so almost all messaging is exaggerated to pull attention to one pole or another. Nuance and patient, thoughtful debate can’t live in that atmosphere.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoAre you really claiming that ALL messages are exaggerated and that thoughtful debate can NEVER exist???
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoClutches pearls hyperboles
We live in a hyperbolic age. People’s attention has been commodified so almost all messaging is exaggerated to pull attention to one pole or another. Nuance and patient, thoughtful debate can’t live in that atmosphere.
Are you really claiming that ALL messages are exaggerated and that thoughtful debate can NEVER exist???
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