What are the different ways group confluence can be limited?
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November 26th, 2021
- symmetrical differences
- different languages
- English vs Finnish
- different cultural touchstones (see Books/Cultural Literacy)
- lack of common experiences
- different values
- different aesthetics
- (this shouldn't, in the limit, affect conversational coherence much, but it does in the meantime both because people have trouble differentiating it and because people are afraid of losing touch with their own aesthetics)
- different communication styles
- speech patterns
- eg high-involvement vs high-considerateness
- mediums
- someone who expresses best in reading/writing may have trouble getting in coherence with someone who is mostly into oral communication
- or in the extreme case, a deaf person and a blind person
- asymmetrical/developmental elements
- basically covered under What are the components or dimensions required for collaborative culture?