286: A Number Likely to Go Up
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The Collapse of Context in Online Communication
In pre language, we were entirely dependent upon expressions with our faces. Even after the emergence of language, so much of language is context dependent. And this collapse of context is a huge part of what makes social interactions on the internet. "I don't think it's all bad news, but that collapse of context in online communication is certainly very weird"
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