The Ecology of Communication: Moving Beyond Polarization in Service of Life
Reality Roundtable 10 with Nora Bateson, Rex Weyler, Vanessa Andreotti, and Daniel Schmachtenberger
There’s a growing understanding of the need for biodiversity across ecosystems for a healthy and resilient biosphere. What if we applied the same principles to the way we communicate and use language to relate to each other and the world?
Today I’m joined by Nora Bateson, Rex Weyler, Vanessa Andreotti, and Daniel Schmachtenberger to talk about the ecology of communication. This important conversation addresses some of the traps and pitfalls of modern relating, including the use of increasingly performative language and the erosion of authentic connection, both of which can leave us feeling isolated from one another. The panelists then offer ideas for how to shift from this axis of polarization into a space of mutual learning together, no matter how disparate each other’s views may seem at first glance.
What if we were to start conversations from a place of commonality, without choosing sides, to create more inquisitive exchanges that lead us to deeper insights about one another amidst a cacophonous world? Why is it crucial to consider the broader context in which conversations unfold - nestled within people, ideas, and cultures - in order to fully grasp the complexity of the relationships that connect us all? How would shifting the way we communicate help us ask the right questions about the species-level challenges we face, and better equip us to hear the answers?
In case you missed it…
Last week, Casey Camp-Horinek of the Ponca Nation joined me to recount her decades of work in Indigenous and environmental activism. Her stories shed light on the often-overlooked struggles and tragedies faced by Indigenous communities in their efforts to restore and safeguard their homelands. Casey also shares her current work advocating for The Rights of Nature - which legalizes the same rights of personhood to Earth’s ecosystems - of which the Ponca Nation was the first tribe in the US to implement.
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The body of voices, is one voice to recognize the problem of the bipolar choice.
The word ‘foolish’ demonstrates wisdom,
The word ‘conscious’ demonstrates unconscious argument.
The word ‘build’ demonstrates removal.
The word of isms has only external reasons.
The word ‘being’ has no ‘not to be’, and the world is not a stage, theory, from someone who knew how to play us with spells.
Knowledge is knowing where to find it, not the test of an individual, but the test of a community.