Legendary Physicist David Bohm on the Paradox of Communication, the Crucial Difference Between Discussion and Dialogue, and What Is Keeping Us from Listening to One Another
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Legendary Physicist David Bohm on the Paradox of Communication, the Crucial Difference Between Discussion and Dialogue, and What Is Keeping Us from Listening to One Another
Communication is not what is said or even what is not said. Communication is what is received in the context. Additionally, communication is not what is on the transcript; it is what it was possible to say or not say. As living creatures, our perception is made up of combining bits of stimuli. We put notes together to form songs, we combine light t... See more
Alexander Beiner • The Bigger Picture
The main point, however, is not to strive for some abstract ideal of coherence. It is rather for all the participants to work together to become sensitive to all the possible forms of incoherence. Incoherence may be indicated by contradictions and confusion but more basically it is seen by the fact that our thinking is producing consequences that w
... See morePeter M. Senge • The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
Illich goes on to identify three different kinds of silences as well as their destructive and degrading counterfeits. I won’t walk us through each of these, but I will draw your attention to a few portions of Illich’s discussion. The primary context for what Illich has to say here is the face-to-face encounter, and we would do well, in my view, to ... See more