Zoom is effective in proportion to video quality, because we know our brains are wired to read very subtle social cues. We can't even perceive like we're not even aware of what we're processing. My experience has been that it does convey emotional content that I don't get out of a call...It's somewhat of an indication of my gosh, as this quality gets better and better," he says.
In “The Art of Gathering,” conflict resolution specialist Priya Parker writes that “Every gathering is an opportunity to create a world we wish existed.” But sometimes we have to make do with the world we’ve got. She tells Rufus that we don’t have to be in the same place to come together in meaningful ways.