If you’ve been following the news recently, you may have noticed the consequences of the lack of an effective transition plan for Afghanistan. Lots of innocent folks are likely to get hurt because of that failure, regardless of whose responsibility it was.
During the past several weeks there also have been significant communication failures related to vaccination, masks, public health, COVID-19 and school reopening. We’ve been exposed to a confusing mixture of guidance versus mandatory; the role and effectiveness of vaccines compared to masks; protecting an individual compared to those around them; and the significance of the Delta variant.
Too many professionals seem insufficiently aware of the number of people with limited attention spans and comprehension of issues, especially if they’re complex.
Fortunately, there are communicators who appear to be doing a better and better job of connecting the dots in ways that make it easier for ordinary folks to understand. (Unfortunately, these days, that often means that more of those folks won’t / don’t like the information they’re now able to comprehend.) An organization that, in my opinion, excels at presenting problems and solutions for the world in which we live is YES! magazine. Their Fall 2021 issue focuses on How Much Is Enough? It is definately worth your time and effort to read and think about because, I believe, one way or another that’s a question each of US is going to have to find an answer to and then see how much similarity there is among US. The vastly increased levels of inequity that have been created during the past several decades are likely to complicate our ability to find common ground among our answers. The sooner we start, the more time we’ll have to work out our differences.
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.—Great God! I'd rather be
A pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.
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