I was just on a call with a bunch of professionals in my industry, and I was …. What’s the right word? Certainly not shocked.<\/i> I’ve seen this for too long to be shocked. Disappointed?<\/i> Maybe. But I know how natural and normal this is, so that seems a little harsh. <\/p>\n
“Worn out” seems to be good enough. <\/p>\n
I was worn out<\/i> by the failure of these intelligent people to realize how much of a bubble they live in. <\/p>\n
We were talking about Covid, which is a big issue in the events business, which is part of what I do. (Events became a big portion of revenue for a lot of publishers a few years ago.) <\/p>\n
I don’t care what you believe about Covid and vaccines and masks and standing 6 feet apart and the delta variant and blah blah blah. I’m over it. Believe what you like. <\/p>\n
But I do care when people think there is only one perspective. Which applies to all sides of this debate, of course. There are “Covid is a myth” people who act as if their position is the only rational one, and there are “Covid is the end of days” people who can’t understand why everyone else isn’t soiling their underwear over this virus. <\/p>\n
Once again … I get it. There’s all kinds of weird “information” out there. People can very easily go down rabbit holes. <\/p>\n
But don’t they have the sense to realize that other people see things differently, and that they have (what they regard as) reasonable reasons for their perspective? <\/p>\n
This is one of the big failures in modern life. We seem to be losing the ability to realize that other people are coming from a different perspective. <\/p>\n
I suppose it’s a result of all that talk about diversity and inclusion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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