[jrootabega]

Let's not forget that you can go in both directions. If you capture what you want to talk about publicly, you still have the option of having a private direct conversation about that. I agree that blindly following public-only-async-only all the time is not good. I just happen to think that the balance is unfairly and unhealthily tipped towards the direct interruption pattern.

I think a lot of the effort that people perceive has to go towards async discussions is actually just resistance effort, too. When multiple people embrace it it can be surprisingly easy.

And a lot of times people push the async method because the environment is already difficult -- for them. Sometimes certain team members get bogged down in focus work and want to get that done as much as others want to have a discussion. How to have good conversations in the ideal workplace is one thing; how to have them in more dysfunctional situations is another.