I’m 38 too! I thought I was a millennial, at least under some definitions.
… it seems kind of ridiculous to me that I have to actively tell people “just make a damn phone call” when they need a response to something within 5 minutes.
I agree with this! We probably don’t disagree as much you seemed to think. For my most common forms of asynchronous communication, my own personal commitment is roughly to respond with 24 hours. For some chat messages, I’ll potentially respond more quickly. Sometimes I don’t respond to a text or a missed call for several days. I definitely don’t commit to answering letters or cards more quickly than several multiples of the ‘lag’ (e.g. several days) either.
Also, the lack of records of synchronous communications seems like largely a solvable technical problem
A audio or video recording is much less useful than text records (accessible via computer). Searching alone is much harder. Even text messages, which I can’t as easily access from my computer, are less useful for that reason than emails.
I do agree that non-records can be useful. I appreciate that, generally, my face to face conversations aren’t recorded, and thus need to be secured as you mentioned. But I also lament that lack of records for some conversations as well.
A audio or video recording is much less useful than text records (accessible via computer). Searching alone is much harder. Even text messages, which I can’t as easily access from my computer, are less useful for that reason than emails.
Audio to text transcription is really quite good these days. I didn’t mean to say it was a solved problem… just that the reason it isn’t is not a lack of the basic technological capabilities required.
I’m 38 too! I thought I was a millennial, at least under some definitions.
I agree with this! We probably don’t disagree as much you seemed to think. For my most common forms of asynchronous communication, my own personal commitment is roughly to respond with 24 hours. For some chat messages, I’ll potentially respond more quickly. Sometimes I don’t respond to a text or a missed call for several days. I definitely don’t commit to answering letters or cards more quickly than several multiples of the ‘lag’ (e.g. several days) either.
A audio or video recording is much less useful than text records (accessible via computer). Searching alone is much harder. Even text messages, which I can’t as easily access from my computer, are less useful for that reason than emails.
I do agree that non-records can be useful. I appreciate that, generally, my face to face conversations aren’t recorded, and thus need to be secured as you mentioned. But I also lament that lack of records for some conversations as well.
Audio to text transcription is really quite good these days. I didn’t mean to say it was a solved problem… just that the reason it isn’t is not a lack of the basic technological capabilities required.