Anecdotally, I've noticed an inverse relationship between ability to read and preference for oral communication. My takeaway from this has been to prefer short

Anecdotally, I've noticed an inverse relationship between ability to read and preference for oral communication. My takeaway from this has been to prefer short, highly-formatted emails over meetings and chat. I put the "Bottom Line Up Front", try to limit paragraphs to two sentences (takeaway and detail), use indentation to indicate which sentence(s) are less important, and always direct questions at a particular person. Email allows slow readers, slow thinkers, and slow writers to ingest, digest, and respond at their own pace. I disagree with the author's hope for AI. "Orality" doesn't leave room for deep thought. It demands immediate response. It rewards those who keep talking. It doesn't allow for linking and references. While we're getting AI that can show how it arrived at a response, and AI that can summarize your spoken words, we don't have AI that can show how you arrived at your response. That's on you.