Comments on: On Narcissism and Communication http://cac.ophony.org/2007/06/20/on-narcissism-and-communication/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:48:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: James Drogan http://cac.ophony.org/2007/06/20/on-narcissism-and-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-18114 James Drogan Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:36:57 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/2007/06/20/on-narcissism-and-communication/#comment-18114 An interesting observation of a trend that, in my view, predates the rise of blogging, MySpace, and FaceBook. I think that self has taken a more dominant role in society over the last 10 years. Consideration of others, the notion of the common good, of, indeed, respectful dialog, seems to becoming less and less important to individuals. Blogging, MySpace, and FaceBook may exacerbate this development as the focus is on outbound communications to the detriment of inbound communications and introspection. Hence, if you agree that inbound communications and introspection skills are essential to critical thinking, then it is reasonable to conclude that the ability to think critically is impaired. Now what do we do about this? I've expressed some thinking on this in About the Inbound (http://jmsdrgn.squarespace.com/storage/About the Inbound.pdf) An interesting observation of a trend that, in my view, predates the rise of blogging, MySpace, and FaceBook. I think that self has taken a more dominant role in society over the last 10 years. Consideration of others, the notion of the common good, of, indeed, respectful dialog, seems to becoming less and less important to individuals.

Blogging, MySpace, and FaceBook may exacerbate this development as the focus is on outbound communications to the detriment of inbound communications and introspection.

Hence, if you agree that inbound communications and introspection skills are essential to critical thinking, then it is reasonable to conclude that the ability to think critically is impaired.

Now what do we do about this? I’ve expressed some thinking on this in About the Inbound (http://jmsdrgn.squarespace.com/storage/About the Inbound.pdf)

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