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One interesting quip I've heard from a psychologist recently, is that communication only really works well going down the dominance hierarchy. (I think it can w
by stcredzero 9y ago
One interesting quip I've heard from a psychologist recently, is that communication only really works well going down the dominance hierarchy. (I think it can work across.) I see a lot of the outrage driven viral media of today as being "punching down" by aspirant upper-echelon socioeconomic people onto lower-echelon people.
Also, if communication only really works well going down the dominance hierarchy, doesn't this suggest that power is contextual, so that it can change directions and allow communications to flow in different directions?
EDIT: Relevant to the article - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVTogKE25aQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVTogKE25aQ
- cyanexttuesday 9y agoSounds interesting, who is the psychologist?
- stcredzero 9y agoJordan B. Peterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVTogKE25aQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVTogKE25aQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KfVXV2IjYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KfVXV2IjYQ
- cyanexttuesday 9y agothanks, I binged 10 hours of his lectures. This professor has changed my life!
- stcredzero 9y agoYes! He's basically Mr. Rogers for adults!
- dilemma 9y agoIt's known that "communication can only happen between equals." Otherwise it's order giving no matter the semantics.
- adrianratnapala 9y agoIt is known.
- andrei_says_ 9y agoCould you expand on the "it's known" part? Any research? This sounds as a very general statement. Social hierarchies can be dynamic.
- auggierose 9y agoHe is a Dothraki.
- tbrownaw 9y agoThere is no such thing as being equals; one party will always have at least a little bit more power than the other.
- EliRivers 9y agoWhat about when they both think they're the more powerful, or both think they're the lesser?
- 52-6F-62 9y agoI don't mean to sound too crass, but maybe you should keep calm and hit the pub for a pint, read some literature... something. "It's known" sounds a little final. In a more level tone: there are venues for equalizing communication, because of course in society there are hierarchies that we've struggled with for ages. The charge for any individual is being willing to expose themselves to those environments and being willing to engross themselves in the mess of what that kind of interaction can turn up. Then again, I kind of side with Bohm about the connectedness of people, and yet... I raise you Bohm on communication problems: >If each one of us can give full attention to what is actually ‘blocking’ communication while he is also attending properly to the content of what is communicated, then we may be able to create something new between us, something of very great significance for bringing to an end the at present insoluble problems of the individual and of society. Scratch all the drunk talk that follows and I also raise you this: http://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/17/archives/the-irish-pub-is-a-great-equalizer-the-irish-pubwhere-drawing-a.html http://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/17/archives/the-irish-pub-is-... There traditionally (in some cultures, anyway) venues where people from various social hierarchies were equals when they passed the threshold, and communication is then wide open. They still exist -- but if you're North American don't count on finding them on the strip.
- rgbrenner 9y agoI'm confused.. The video doesn't seem related to your post? Is there another video about what you wrote?
- stcredzero 9y agoVideo is relevant to the article.