Friday, 16 October 2009
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Prosecuting Conversations
Sometimes I wish I could filter out lengthy conversations in much the same way that the patent system filters out ideas and inventions.
If you're going to talk at length about something, it better be:- appropriate subject matter
- novel
- useful
- non-obvious
- and reasonably enabled
To borrow and modify a quote from Winston Churchill..."The best argument against freedom of speech is a 20-minute conversation with the average person."
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Comments (6)
I think it's an all in one package deal, to have good conversations we also have to suffer through the awful ones. Maybe that's why people have opted for texting and online communication, they can quit reading whenever they want.
many are bad conversationalists anyhow.. if you don't want to continue the conversation with someone, just say you don't wanna talk anymore.. i do that, clear and to the point
some people just love the sound of their own voice
@daniel__n - my boss loves the sound of her voice...
that list reminds me of talking to my parents... they were telling me this weekend that we need to save the environment. sigh. i guess non-obvious to some... but my sister and i have been on that bandwagon for a while.
that quotes needs to be one of my AIM away messages.