By Rosemary Ravinal
Have we forgotten how to talk to strangers?
A recent Wall Street Journal article reported something both surprising and concerning: Americans are talking to each other significantly less than they did two decades ago.
Drawing on research that analyzed recordings from thousands of people across multiple studies, a University of Arizona team found that daily spoken words have declined by nearly 30 percent since 2005. In practical terms, that’s the equivalent of losing close to a third of our daily conversation.
Think about that for a moment.
