Cosmos Café: Communicating About Communication
Channel: Cosmos Co-op
Date: 2018-05-24

A bit of a messy talk, perhaps, on the subject of communication: we talk about ecology, technology, global capitalism, life and death, evolution, paranormal experiences, sex (i.e., a typical Café talk). But communication itself is messy. Did we make any more sense of the subject by the end? See what you think. 

Here are Mark's pre-talk notes on topic, which we did stray from:

Picking up a thread that reoccurs in the Cosmos Cafe & elsewhere - a high value target.

I can’t think of a more important value than how we (humans) communicate with one another, both interpersonally and within and between groups, both large and small. We’ve entered a new “era” - that of instant, global, mass communication. The old “rules” don’t apply, yet they lurk beneath the surface, whispering to us - speak, don’t, it’s not your turn, speak only when spoken to, obey your elders, run, hide, fight, and so on.

Seed Questions

Q1: Does the new instant, global ability to, via social media, help or hurt the agreed upon goal of better understanding and compassion?
Q2: Is it possible to debate and disagree with civility?
Q3: Is lying just a part of human nature and a given?

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Participants:

Mark Jabbour
Marco V Morelli
Ed Mahood
Doug Duff

Recorded: May 22, 2018