Stop before you feel full
We can never know when the conversation is full, or rather optimum, for another of Gregory Bateson’s basic premises is that for organic things, there is nothing for which more is always good; rather there is an optimal quantity past which the next increment is toxic. If this applies to conversation, then there is a place in conversation when it is “over:” more would take away. So it would seem a rule of thumb (a bad thing in itself but also) might be to stop before you feel full. Like eating. It is worth trying, attending.
:- Doug.
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