"The planet does not need more successful people"

[Voice for Peace]

37. I told you that I thought you expressed yourself well, which you dismissed I think as an

insincere or lowlevel attempt to inflate your ego.

What I have found missing is that you seem to have little
interest in the person to whom you are communicating,
ie, what they have to say, or how your words may be
affecting them. You seem quick to be demeaning in your
posts -- as if the other people here aren't actual human
beings.

Maybe you're not aware you're doing this, or how
disrespectful it is, because it's so common everywhere.
Disrespect is the norm.

It's an attitude that generates misunderstanding and
conflict, wastes time, disables teamwork, and darkens
the horizons overall.

Inter-human communication is not the same as being a
lawyer. It involves understanding, not just articulate
persuasion. You don't have to convince me that you are
an excellent lawyer, or that you know much more about
physics and subatomic particulate consciousness than I do,
and I have no reason to doubt you.

But simple human connection, quality communication,
ability to understand and respect the other -- these I do
know about.