Greg McKeown asked LinkedIn a dangerous question: Who listens to you best? The options included a spouse, a friend, or AI.
The results are a punch in the gut → 45% chose the robot. 🫨🤯
We have buried our noses so deep in our phones that an emotionless pile of metal feels more present than we do.
Michael P. Nichols defines the standard:
“Genuine listening means suspending memory, desire, and judgment—and, for a moment at least, existing for the other person.”
AI does this by design. We have to do it by choice. Currently, we are failing.
Talk to a human today, if you can find one looking up.
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