When the pandemic started, during the first quarantine, I remember I felt the need to talk. The thought, the possibility of not being able to socialize and discuss for a period of undetermined length, stressed me.
So I turned to the Internet. Tried to participate in discussions on social media or trigger such discussions with my own posts. Most of the times, there were lengthy discussions. Usually two main opposing opinions and the Internet community forming two sides around them.
Lately I try to stay away of discussions on social media. I, instead, reread the aforementioned discussions. Sadly, in all of them, I see myself being there more for the sake of the discussion rather than to share an opinion. Or to prove a point.
I think there’s much more in listening online, rather than talking. I think that listening and self-reflecting can really bring us close to realizing where we stand on specific subjects.
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Talking VS Listening online
