John Colapinto on the Power and Beauty of the Human Voice
The Next Big Idea
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Pausing for More Than Two Seconds Is Considered Unendurable
People experience excruciating pain if more than two seconds passes between comments and a conversation. If you go to three seconds, i mean, it's just, everybody goes into a full panic. You're the person that has half answered a question. In the journalistic context of when i'm interviewing a someone that's trying to hold back secrets,. i simply don't obey the social cue that says, gees, i'd better speak or both of us are going to feel awkward.
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