Fesshole 🧻1d ago
My son is 11,autistic, and obsessed with Minecraft. I manage a team of 4 Database Engineers. At some point I started to talk to them like how the parenting courses told me to communicate with my son and the team morale and overall performance has shot up so much we got an award
Show threadStarkRG1d ago
@fesshole Wow, clear, unambiguous communication and repeated positive reinforcement works on allistics too? Who ever coulda guessed?
Show threadAnton Piatek
@StarkRG @fesshole I've been told off by a past manager for being particular with the words I'm using, but in a technical field those words have proper meanings, so being unambiguous is important
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Show threadStarkRG1d ago
@sldrant "Now you're just arguing semantics." Yeah, no shit, I'm arguing semantics, because the meaning of the words being used to communicate directly influences what's actually being communicated. If we don't make sure we're all using approximately the same meanings, then you get the issue where the term "inflammable" was assumed to mean "not flammable".
Show threadAnton Piatek1d ago
@StarkRG yeah, inflammable and flammable is a great example
Show threada.k.a. low-profile21h ago
@StarkRG @sldrant Highly recommend "The Tyranny Of Words" by Stuart Chase (1938)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2343374.The_Tyranny_of_Words
This is exactly the premise you are defending.
The Tyranny of Words

The pioneering and still essential text on semantics, u…

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Show threadARGVMI~1.PIF20h ago

@sldrant

Outside of the arts, I can't think of many fields where clear and unambiguous communication *isn't* important.

@StarkRG @fesshole

Show threadD Ingram8h ago
@argv_minus_one If too many people have clear and unambiguous communications what will the lawyers do for work?