The deep irony here is that Zoom provides me none of the personal and professional joy of being a public speaker.
It is literally all cost, no benefit for many (most!) of the public speakers I know.
You simply cannot #liftAndShift the human, face-to-face communal experience…
Stanford study into “Zoom Fatigue” explains why video chats are so tiring
The anxiety generated by a number of faces staring at you can be likened to the stresses of public speaking but amplified to a degree regardless of who is talking. newatlas.com/telecommunicati…
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I’m not as negative, particularly if I can get at least some audience interaction (e.g. in a Zoom call instead of a Youtube stream). But I completely agree that it’s not comparable to the “real thing”, and I’m very much looking forward to that, despite the travel
Feb 24, 2021 · 10:18 PM UTC
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