neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agoWhat's an important (in your opinion) skill too many people seem to lack?message-squaremessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up179
arrow-up179message-squareWhat's an important (in your opinion) skill too many people seem to lack?neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareathairmor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·21 hours 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-up15·21 hours agoAre you really claiming that ALL messages are exaggerated and that thoughtful debate can NEVER exist???
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·20 hours 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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