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16 Post author: JonahSinick 15 June 2015 09:59PM

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Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 16 June 2015 01:14:46AM 1 point [-]

Hey Jonah, great post, but I suspect you might be hiding something from yourself here. Verbal communication is much harder for people than written, and has it's own slew of failure modes (verbal speech has a lot to do with body language). I highly recommend treating them as separate issues, particularly since verbal communication is so socially significant.

Comment author: Swimmer963 16 June 2015 05:36:08AM 9 points [-]

Verbal communication is much harder for people than written.

Um, this is really not universally true at all. In fact, it's possible more than 50% of people find verbal communication easier. (Although this community may contain an overrepresentation of people who find written easier.)

Comment author: JonahSinick 16 June 2015 01:30:14AM *  0 points [-]

Oh, sure, I know that, I have a very long ways to go. What I meant to convey was that I already have a lot to work on with written communication alone :D. But I am in fact spending more time talking with people in person as well, just only have so much time in the near term...