19 July 2020

 Part of me wants more distance, informal conversations.

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Another part sees these limitations:

- the participant list is usually static, usually 1-1 or a large group

- the media channel tends to be voice or text, and video is rarer;

so it's hard to gauge all forms of emoting: visual, auditory, body language

- the conversation tends to be limited in scope and temporary

- it's hard to assess what's being shared beyond the media channel

- with big media, the conversation is dominated by the media provider, with very little opportunity for observers to ask clarifying questions or make counter-points.

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- personally, there's a limit to how many conversations that **I can manage simultaneously. I only have so much time and so much attention that i can devote to them

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ultimately, you come away with more information about others, but you have very little labor or resources to help with your daily living beyond what you can generate with your own self-reliance

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All that being said, I still would like to be included in more distance, informal conversations.

...and I know that **THIS TYPE OF WRITING** is kind of stodgy and academic - I'm just trying to avoid being flippant or insincere**.