May 20

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Anti-Mimetic Communication

5 Ways to Separate Stimulus from Response and Express Yourself More Authentically

The medium is the mimesis.

Most of us are price-takers in the market of communication. We don’t set the tone; we adopt one. Receive a passive aggressive email, send a passive aggressive email. See a bunch of snarky tweets in your feed, you tweet snark. Get…

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Anti-Mimetic Communication

5 Ways to Separate Stimulus from Response and Express Yourself More Authentically

More from Luke Burgis

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