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Why do you lie?
Letter from the Communication
Dear human friend.
You are living in a complex world. You are interconnected by global networks. You have heard about interdependency and the so called “butterfly effect”. You have evidence for negative and positive outcomes out of your very habits and the actions you and others take. You write down the results of your research, you try to make up regulations, you give impulses to create a change, you take puzzles apart in order to build new ones with the same pieces.
But you forget about me.
Even though I am right here offering my service every day. Even though you have — through me — the ability to use facial expressions, gestures, sounds, words, or physical sensations such as tears, sweat, shiver. Even though the combination of mind and body — my partner organs — is so brilliantly unique in human beings and opens up so many opportunities. Even though you have created technology — a third supporting organ — which makes global networking much easier for you.
Even though all of the above, … you have forgotten about me.
Why, human friend, do you neglect me, the Communication?
“Neglecting Communication?” You might want to cry out now. And then you would find many examples of your everyday life, in which you communicate. And you would…