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When everyone is too busy to actually communicate

Every email I send gets an auto-reply saying the person is swamped and will get back to me eventually but nobody ever does and I wonder if we are all just drowning together.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Communication tools multiply messages while destroying meaningful exchange.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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