Sublime

We need to separate out the linguistic and social features that are characteristic of this stage in life from those that will follow them as they age.

But starting in the 1960s and ’70s, a surge of interest in the practical aspects of spoken language revealed just how elaborate and subtle the processes are that govern turn-taking, interruption, and composing a sentence or story on the fly while being attuned to a listener’s reactions every step of the way.

Inverse charisma. What a wonderful turn of phrase to capture the magnetic quality of a great listener.

At a societal level, it’s a case of bias-laundering through technology

the weak ties introduce the new forms

young internet people’s social savvy is also no guarantee of technological skill.