It’s interesting to me that the examples all involve different relationships among the communicants:
For three-layered explicit communication, the participants in the conversation are cooperative peers.
For compassionate harshness, the participants in the conversation are cooperative non-peers.
For laconic communication, the participants are adversarial peers.
Of the three I think compassionate harshness is the least useful—chiefly because we are not Bruce Lee or Delta Force Cadre. The hard-ass/dumb-ass dichotomy rarely applies; most people get stuck at being-an-ass.
It’s interesting to me that the examples all involve different relationships among the communicants:
For three-layered explicit communication, the participants in the conversation are cooperative peers.
For compassionate harshness, the participants in the conversation are cooperative non-peers.
For laconic communication, the participants are adversarial peers.
Of the three I think compassionate harshness is the least useful—chiefly because we are not Bruce Lee or Delta Force Cadre. The hard-ass/dumb-ass dichotomy rarely applies; most people get stuck at being-an-ass.