THE SILENT LANGUAGE
A detailed exploration of cultural differences in the handling of time, space, and communication among various societies, impacting interactions between individuals from different cultures.
monoskop.orgTHE SILENT LANGUAGE
A study of Japanese businesspeople found that they are typically comfortable with eight-second pauses between one comment and another, roughly twice as long as Americans generally tolerate. They’re wise to take that pause.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
began to stir in his head, one that he would call the Immediate Experience Principle (IEP). What this means is that for the Pirahã all that concerns them are things that can be experienced in the here and now, or that relate to something that someone personally has experienced in the very recent past.
Robert Greene • Mastery
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