08/06/2020

How the Pandemic is Stunting Our Communication Skills

Pandemic-induced isolation has hurt how to relate to one another

Many people are developing new habits during this unusual time. Mine is yelling at my car’s dashboard.

It’s not the dashboard that’s setting me off, or even the traffic I see over it (there’s not a lot of traffic these days). It’s actually the podcasts emanating out of my dashboard that are causing me increasing fits. Ever since human interaction has been curtailed due to the lockdown, I’ve been interacting with podcasters more. Or, I should say, not interacting with them, which is my problem.

As I listen to my favorite hosts opining about everything from sports to business to politics, a feeling of frustration is increasingly creeping over me. It’s odd, because these are people with whom I don’t always agree but for the most part respect. In a recent case, a particular host said something that I didn’t think was exactly right, and it got under my skin in a noticeable way.

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