Thanks, Josh. If it's all right with you I would like to copy your rules for communication, amend the specifics to fit my circumstances, and share them with my co-workers who routinely fail to communicate properly, costing me time and using energy needed to control my frustration. Rudeness and inconsideration is the norm in virtual communication, and those of us tolerating and complying with it need to stop.
Oh. This is my personal pet peeve. I hate lack of communication, but even more so I hate lazy communications. Don’t assume I have the time and desire to research what you mean or do all the work in putting your question into context. In my work life it has gotten so bad, that some people write the subject line in an email as “Question” and then ask something so generic that I cannot answer without putting in a lot of effort... thanks for sharing your perspective. I an glad I am not the only one frustrated by this.
How many people thought, "Oh, crap, did I do this to Josh?" 🙋♀️ I went and read an email I sent just to check myself, lol.
You keep me honest, Josh. I appreciate that more than you'll ever know.
As for the "Our minds didn’t evolve new epistemic and deductive software just because everyone lives on their iphones" observation - it would, however, be amazing if those holding a computer in their hand with access via a few keystrokes to more encyclopedic information, dictionaries, topical research, etcetera, etcetera than I could have ever dreamed and wished for in my youth would learn how to use the stupid things.
Comments' section in Somewhere Net World:
Me: "You might look into using "widget A". I've had great success using it to resolve "issue B".
General Responses be like: "What exactly is it?" Or, "How does it work?" Or, "Where did you buy it?" Or, "How much does it cost?"
Too many people, who are too mature not to know better, do not speak with the intention of being understood. Why are your gums flapping, then? I refuse to work harder to understand you, than you work to communicate. Ain't nobody got time for that.
"One philosophical problem, described in detail in the pre-COVID book by Nicholas Carr, “The Glass Cage,” is that the people relying on AI services will inevitably forget how to use their natural skills. In this case, we are talking the ability to form complete sentences and think long thoughts.
People will forget how to think long thoughts even more than they already have! And, once a lot of people start relying on tools like this (dear God!), Google will use the new dependency for social control.
Another, rather obvious, philosophical problem is that we will never know if that “heartfelt” note was an awkward but sincere attempt at affection by a human being or plain bot spit. We are in a bad collective place with sincerity already, and this AI business (I think I am going to use the term “bot spit,” or BS for short) takes small talk to a new abyss.
And of course, all this means that we will be feeding the devils more of our personal data — which is what the devils want."
One thing that bugs me is when people email me for help and use abbreviations and acronyms that I cannot be expected to know. It's lazy and thoughtless.
Thank you, Josh. I thought it was just my poor old crotchety boomer brain that felt this way. I sometimes slip myself, especially when communicating with my daughter but I do try to be mindful.
Boy is this true. I found myself recently becoming more and more frustrated with a friend who would communicate in this haphazard manner with me. She would send me texts or links without any context whatsoever ( or reference people she interacted with who I had no personal knowledge of) and expect me to understand all. I would feel as though I was in a one down position where I was always playing catch up or where I felt “ dumb” asking for clarification. Im not dumb. Im not being a PITA for asking for more complete information. I became really tired of the game quite frankly. And I do think at times it is a power game. The person left wanting is supposed to feel “incomplete” . They are supposed to beg for information so that the other can be expert and pontificate. Regardless, I don’t like it. Its a really selfish and self absorbed communication style.
Thanks, Josh. If it's all right with you I would like to copy your rules for communication, amend the specifics to fit my circumstances, and share them with my co-workers who routinely fail to communicate properly, costing me time and using energy needed to control my frustration. Rudeness and inconsideration is the norm in virtual communication, and those of us tolerating and complying with it need to stop.
Please do! We need to push back on the neverending devolution.
👍Thanks! I will.
Oh. This is my personal pet peeve. I hate lack of communication, but even more so I hate lazy communications. Don’t assume I have the time and desire to research what you mean or do all the work in putting your question into context. In my work life it has gotten so bad, that some people write the subject line in an email as “Question” and then ask something so generic that I cannot answer without putting in a lot of effort... thanks for sharing your perspective. I an glad I am not the only one frustrated by this.
How many people thought, "Oh, crap, did I do this to Josh?" 🙋♀️ I went and read an email I sent just to check myself, lol.
You keep me honest, Josh. I appreciate that more than you'll ever know.
As for the "Our minds didn’t evolve new epistemic and deductive software just because everyone lives on their iphones" observation - it would, however, be amazing if those holding a computer in their hand with access via a few keystrokes to more encyclopedic information, dictionaries, topical research, etcetera, etcetera than I could have ever dreamed and wished for in my youth would learn how to use the stupid things.
Comments' section in Somewhere Net World:
Me: "You might look into using "widget A". I've had great success using it to resolve "issue B".
General Responses be like: "What exactly is it?" Or, "How does it work?" Or, "Where did you buy it?" Or, "How much does it cost?"
🤦♀️
Too many people, who are too mature not to know better, do not speak with the intention of being understood. Why are your gums flapping, then? I refuse to work harder to understand you, than you work to communicate. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Of course, our betters have the answer.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-nightmare-of-ai-powered-gmail-has-arrived/ar-AA18FYbZ
"One philosophical problem, described in detail in the pre-COVID book by Nicholas Carr, “The Glass Cage,” is that the people relying on AI services will inevitably forget how to use their natural skills. In this case, we are talking the ability to form complete sentences and think long thoughts.
People will forget how to think long thoughts even more than they already have! And, once a lot of people start relying on tools like this (dear God!), Google will use the new dependency for social control.
Another, rather obvious, philosophical problem is that we will never know if that “heartfelt” note was an awkward but sincere attempt at affection by a human being or plain bot spit. We are in a bad collective place with sincerity already, and this AI business (I think I am going to use the term “bot spit,” or BS for short) takes small talk to a new abyss.
And of course, all this means that we will be feeding the devils more of our personal data — which is what the devils want."
One thing that bugs me is when people email me for help and use abbreviations and acronyms that I cannot be expected to know. It's lazy and thoughtless.
Thank you, Josh. I thought it was just my poor old crotchety boomer brain that felt this way. I sometimes slip myself, especially when communicating with my daughter but I do try to be mindful.
Boy is this true. I found myself recently becoming more and more frustrated with a friend who would communicate in this haphazard manner with me. She would send me texts or links without any context whatsoever ( or reference people she interacted with who I had no personal knowledge of) and expect me to understand all. I would feel as though I was in a one down position where I was always playing catch up or where I felt “ dumb” asking for clarification. Im not dumb. Im not being a PITA for asking for more complete information. I became really tired of the game quite frankly. And I do think at times it is a power game. The person left wanting is supposed to feel “incomplete” . They are supposed to beg for information so that the other can be expert and pontificate. Regardless, I don’t like it. Its a really selfish and self absorbed communication style.