[jpster]

>It's so strange that we've collectively lost this skill in what seems to be less than one generation.

Yeah, super weird. Similarly, people talk on the phone less these days and are losing that skill, too. I’ve been increasingly hearing people say this in recent years.

[Haga]

Talks don't give you time to act.

[kurthr]

Are you saying that in the sense of putting on a persona? Just trying to understand...