Dehumanizing Life

Dehumanizing Life

Ride-hailing company Uber has launched a feature enabling users to choose a quiet, non-talkative ride. Since when did people become so socially inept that we are unable to navigate even the most basic of human interactions or – horror – to endure a few minutes in the...
How Do We Survive the Holidays Post Election?

How Do We Survive the Holidays Post Election?

The art of conversation offers you a balm and some optimism for the months ahead. Authentic conversation will ready you with a genuine interest in our shared humanity to encounter others. You will be able to face the issues that divide us instead of adopting the...
Communication is not Conversation

Communication is not Conversation

The words communication and conversation are often used interchangeably. Usually that is fine. Sometimes it isn’t. It isn’t okay when the outcomes of what we intend when we say “conversation” or “communication” are not the same, but we go ahead and use those words as...

Pulse of Conversation

The flow of conversation, rippling, pulsing. It will melt away, leaving no trace behind, but it happened in this...