Monday Quote
“Let’s talk about the new AI — Artificial Intimacy. We have 1,000 friends on social, but we don’t have a single person who can feed our cat for us.”
-Esther Perel
I was blown away by this statement because it is bang on. Here is a link to the pod.
From Brené:
Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead are officially back in action with our new podcasting partner, Vox Media!
Our first podcast series kicks off with an interview with acclaimed psychotherapist Esther Perel. The topic for this first series is Living Beyond Human Scale: The Possibilities, the Costs, and the Role of Community. This series will be unique in that it crosses over between Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead, with discussions ranging from mental health and social media to readying a workforce (and a bunch of anxious humans) for AI. You can listen to our conversation here.
The scale, scope, and sheer volume of information makes these really tough human-scale challenges! I think the answer to staying grounded just might be IRL community and relationships.
You can now listen to the new podcasts and our entire library anywhere you listen to podcasts — we're no longer exclusive to one platform.
A thought-provoking, if not sobering, quote.
This is especially true as a result of COVID, which despite claims by those who no longer wear masks is still a danger. How do you build a “real life” community if it’s not safe to be physically close to others? I have no intention of going back to my aerobics or yoga classes.
P.S. A new study published in The NY Times shows that six feet is not enough distance to stay safe. The virus can hang in the air and be carried much further:
“But research then suggested that the virus could also be carried by aerosols, smaller particles that could infect people from farther away. “These particles kind of behave like cigarette smoke — they come out and float around, and they can drift in the air for a while,” said Linsey Marr, an environmental engineer at Virginia Tech. Dr. Marr and others have found that tiny particles as small as five microns may carry more infectious virus than larger droplets, partly because they are generated from deeper in the lungs.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/09/well/live/covid-symptoms-mysteries.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20240324&instance_id=118391&nl=from-the-times®i_id=72718749&segment_id=161632&te=1&user_id=0bbfde355844c9aaca32e4c322d83580