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The Pachyderm in the Room
The anticipation for my live event was growing, but the panic and early hysteria was growing faster. New details regarding the virus took over the airwaves as “breaking news” throughout each day and our social media profiles were inundated with opinions, pro and con, along with paid advertisements that were harsh and ugly. It’s an election year and some of what was aired exemplifies politics at its worst.
I refuse to subscribe to fear, as that leads to a false sense of inferiority and imprisons a person like an elephant chained to a tree.
Even Seth Godin weighed in on the discussion with…
In the future, of course, there are no handshakes. Star Trek, Star Wars, even Spaceballs… no one shakes hands.
Today, of course, a handshake is often seen as a threat more than a disarming form of intimacy and equality.
In addition to being a vector for disease transmission, handshakes reward a certain sort of powerful personality and penalize people who might be disabled or uninterested in that sort of interaction. And judging people by the strength of their grip doesn’t make much sense anymore.
Hat tipping (or perhaps an informal Vulcan salute or simply a smile and a wave) might be making a comeback.
