Communication Breakdown

This event will be hosted and moderated by Ceit Hustedde (Longtime member of Buddytree)

## Details

(Image by Sefira Lightstone)

Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_WkFG1KNHE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lkb7OSRdGE

Podcasts, why not
https://lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon-valley-from-booksmart-studios-1/how-did-americans-talk-a-hundred-years-ago

https://lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon-valley-from-booksmart-studios-1/is-social-media-changing-english

https://lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon-valley-from-booksmart-studios-1/has-english-gotten-less-complex

Questions

1. Is there a general communication breakdown today? If so, what might be the cause(s)?

2. Why do we often feel that people in the past communicated more successfully?

3. Do you agree with the impression that people in different social/political circles speak different languages?

4. Is public language today less efficient/correct/useful that it was in the past?

5. How bothered are you by imprecise language? Do you enjoy "solving the mystery" or do you prefer things to be laid out clearly? Or do you even notice the lack of precision?

6. How often have you been told that you misinterpreted someone?

7. Do you often feel misunderstood, or that people don't respond to what you actually say? Who is responsible for the miscommunication in this case?