Catalyst for Conscious Society?

 

 

But if we want to have productive conversations, impulsive reactions won't do.

 

We don't want productive conversations.  At best, we're Socratic - we want to pick at each other with the hope of chipping away some already-formed perfect solution.  At worst, we're focused on individual wins, on low-hanging fruit, on taking what we want when we want it.

 

Think about it for a second - we have lost of advice for what we label as underperformers or victims; for the people at the top, it's either accolades or attacks. 

 

We generally suck at the conversation thing, which makes sense - communication remains the greatest human challenge.

 

It's one that involves empathy, patience, a willingness to empower and invite.  To communicate is to be open, transparent, vulnerable.

 

To communicate is to create something new.

 

Predators have no patience or interest in communication - for them, communication is messaging, relationships are transactional and existant spoils are what go to the victor.

 

Any act of creation is an act of love, be it a child, an idea or a society.

 

Things to think about.