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And it's really compelling the idea of socializing and social apps and platforms where we jump into we have to make the technology invisible for a second, and we have to just talk about why we're connecting and the base level of that, which is this beautiful chance to have a moment. You can't hold it. But it's a moment. And I guess one of the beautiful things that I feel about Swell is that that moment could be relived because you can hear this again and again
Noble Ayoka
@StealthDelta · 3:50
The only way they can do it is you have to have multiple consoles and being multiple different locations away from each other just to try to potentially have fun together. And I don't know. I feel like as technology evolves or maybe as humans evolve, I think we're losing the sense of worth, the sense of care, the sense of love, the sense of everything where it's like the simple things are the most important things. And I think we're losing that
Alasdair Munn
@Alasdair · 5:00
What you here saying, Deborah, which really resonates me, and the one is risk, and the other one is technology and our relationship with both technology. It's interesting because I'm busy building a course on Darth and analytics. Everyone assumes that that's everything to do with technology. But actually, technology. For me, technology needs to be invisible for us to live our lives. So, for example, technology might allow us to go on that hike and not get lost
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:35
I think we have a time to reboot a little bit and talk about with all the technology that we have to connect across oceans and across geography, the paying of attention when you're with somebody who you click with, like you said in that sacred time, when you're vibing with someone, there's sort of this contract that sign that I'm hearing, or you're hearing me and being aware that dynamics change, circumstances changed, moods change. We fluctuate as human beings. We really do
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:00
And I think we're all in that sense of, like the application of that vulnerability in real world circumstances. So I know that you are in the space of technology as a solution for brands, and you very much are committed because I've worked with you on not making technology some kind of clunky experience, but rather have it seamlessly interface with what the goals are
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 3:25
I'm not centering a particular conversational person. I'm just saying I've experienced it on here and it's like if you can't engage in conversation with someone, then maybe you shouldn't be on an app like this. I particularly like, Swell. I would like to see more feedback and replies, but I'm trying to build a community and content in a particular subject, and it's steadily, slowly going, but steadily
Alasdair Munn
@Alasdair · 2:34
Hey, Neal, I've enjoyed listening to you what you've just said, and it resonates with me. It is a problem with social media. We all tend to we find our tribe and unfollow anyone who we disagree with. And when we do that, our world view narrows. And when our world view narrows, then we open ourselves up to going down that hall where we agree with essentially ourselves, and we build up our myths, and we build up our tensions against others
Average Joe
@AverageJoe · 4:03
I agree with some of what's being said here about creating walled gardens that only include the people that we enjoy talking to. But I don't think that at is like a proprietary conduct to the Internet. I think we do that in our real lives. And I think what happens on the Internet is we're confronted with our inability to do that. We encounter people that are just simply unpalatable to us. The same way
Brooke C.
@Brooke415 · 2:52
If you remember The Matrix, it sounds to me. They're just training us to get into this matrix here, getting closer and closer. So they always interact with this technology. And suddenly with batteries and pods, and they're sucking our life energy out through a computer because it's atrocious that. Your kids can't play with each other in the same console. I'm like, literally, they can't put on two controllers on the same console. And you're right
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:47
If you spend, like, five more minutes, then you're like, oh, my God, I totally vibe with this one person, and these are very sort of temporal examples, and we don't live in that world when we're here on Swell. But I think the more I grow as a human, I want to be one person and not Deborah online and Deborah in the real world, and I know who I am in the real world
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 2:12
Get your point of view across, get your feelings out and listen to the other person's. And I think listening is a lacking in America as well, maybe in the world, possibly. But it's a skill you talk and then you listen to the other person's opinion or viewpoint. It's very simple, but not so it's a fine line, but it's a skill. And we're all learning and growing
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 1:45
Just to reply to Average Joe, I see what you're saying, and I agree somewhat, but what I was simply saying was what I've experienced, and I'm only giving you what I have experienced is not a relatability. Just if you're having a conversation with someone and you give your opinion and it doesn't agree with theirs. Now listen to that. That's what I'm simply saying. They get turned off by that and then unfollow you quickly right away
Brooke C.
@Brooke415 · 3:15
I sparkly know, I'm jumping ahead of Neil to respond to Deborah because two things stood out while it's still fresh in my mind. And I'll go back and listen to Neil. One thing you said that you like, there's something about hosting a conversation station and then watching it and having viewing around that space and then watching it get legs. I guess one A is. I've never had that happen to me in a conversation. I started. You got legs on Swell
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:22
You bring up a really interesting point, Brooke, about not knowing people because it's a disembodied voice. And we choose to put the profile that we choose to put it could be a rose, it could be a face. But what find interesting is, yes, we all have bias. But when there's less we know about a person, we more deeply listen without a lot of assumptions, because we're just hearing that voice
Laura Sydell
@LSydell · 2:25
The dark side of all this is I've seen it is that people find a sense of belonging who maybe should actually be shunned for their beliefs. We see white supremacists also find a sense of community online and then grow their ranks in the real world through the online and then meeting together online
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