Category Archives: communication
If only our minds could just click with each other
It seems that The Stone‘s contributors’ responses to readers’ comments are often better than their original posts themselves: Philosophers typically try to illuminate with a combination of argument and (re-)conceptualization. But the most careful and perspicuous argumentation, as indispensable as … Continue reading
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Facebook: Looking back, and now
I joined Facebook sometime in the summer following high school graduation to keep in touch with friends and to transition to college by friending random NYU upperclassmen to ask them about the school, both in anticipation over attending it in a … Continue reading
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Committed conversations
There’s something about late night heart-to-heart’s in New York. The hustle and bustle of everyday life in the city makes you yearn so much for human connection that even sustained eye contact becomes something to be cherished, and soul-satisfying conversations … Continue reading
Filed under communication, new york, sketches
On creativity
I do not believe that you’re either born creative or not–creativity is just as much a state as it is a trait–nor do i believe it is impossible to enhance creativity. But a recent article in Scientific American discusses a … Continue reading
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questions on the loo, issue #6: Which of your senses would you lose if you had to lose one?
This is a common question that i’ve seen pop up in many places, but i never thought deeply about it until my best friend asked me it the other day. At first, i confidently said, “Smell.” I couldn’t give up … Continue reading
Filed under communication, nature, perception, questions on the loo, the body
The voice of Film & TV
Why is TV promo/film trailer narration always done in a male voice?
Filed under communication, media
Nonverbal expressions of love
I’ve been told that i’m pretty good at expressing love, but sometimes even i have to resort to nonverbal expression, because i have my shy moments just like anyone else. Here are the ways i express love nonverbally: -cooking -making … Continue reading
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The Conversational Salutation Syndrome
Hi Gerald, is not correct. Hi, Gerald. is. Then why is it that almost everyone begins his or her e-mails with the former, incorrect salutation? I’m guessing the traditional “Dear Gerald,” morphed into the more conversational and informal … Continue reading
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questions on the loo, issue #2: Push-button culture and thinking
In “Media in Ancient Empires,” Harold Innis says that the transition from tablet to papyrus writing, due to the mechanical differences between writing in stone and writing on paper, led to a “lightness” of thought⎯an increase in eloquence, observation, and … Continue reading
Filed under communication, culture, philosophy, questions on the loo, technology
Nonverbal communication
So here’s the deal. For our first field assignment in Nonverbal Communication class, everyone lined up against a wall and introduced themselves. The professor taped us one by one from the chest up. In the next class session, we watched … Continue reading
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