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As we take stock nationally of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and economy of the UK, we would do well to think about the many people who have not made a good recovery from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The World Health Organization (2021) defines the “post COVID-19 condition” (or Long COVID) as […]
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LAWRENCE, KS— The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the way we keep in touch, but will it last when face-to-face conversation is safe again? I’ve been interviewed dozens of times about my new book, “Relating Through Technology” (Cambridge University Press). Journalists keep asking me, do you think this will transform our habits of mediated connection? My […]
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I don’t know who will win the 2020 presidential race, but I do know who will lose: the biggest bully on the block since Billy Franklin beat-up Joey Tarnower in the sixth-grade and ran-off with his lunch money. The American people, I argue, are sick of political bullying and they’re going to put a stop […]
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Lately, climate change has been unmistakably present in the public sphere…Yet, conversations about climate change have remained stuck. Lately, climate change has been unmistakably present in the public sphere. An evident swirl of extreme events linked to changes in the climate, new scientific research on climate change, Youth Climate Strikes, Extinction Rebellion actions, a New […]
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I have a hunch that one reason physicians hesitate to think about communication as a learned skill is that they’ve been ‘taught’ mostly by being shamed. For example, oncologists cite ‘traumatic experiences’ as more influential in learning communication than any other kind of educational experience—more powerful than role models, workshops, lectures, you name it. What the evidence shows is that osmosis is not enough; experience alone does not result in improvement.
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