March 16, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 89) • Page Image 10
…A re you familiar with the feeling of talking to someone you know isn’t really listening? I imag- ine it draws strong resemblances to speaking to a robot: it nods, it provides answers, but it’s incapable of really hearing, or caring, about what you have to say. I find myself personally frustrated when, in the middle of a conversation, the person I’m talking to interrupts with a story about him or herself. Sadly, I’ve noticed this gen- ...…