Comment by stronglikedan

20 hours ago

I like pen and paper for meetings because I can take notes while asserting dominance through constant eye contact. I can touch type, but I need to be looking at the screen to achieve the same level of accuracy with which I can blindly write.

Tangential: I also recently switched to paper without lines after 20 years, and it's been quite liberating.

Fortunately, I was trained/forced to write on plain blank papers in school. So, I can pretty much course-correct my invisible lines. However, when I have a choice, I’ve decided to stick to dotted grids.

what you see as "asserting dominance" i show as "giving respect"

are these the same things or are we reaching differently w/ the consideration

  • I share the same sentiment. Not sure if it’s productive to see one on ones as a game of domination.

    In my experience empowered coworkers make a better team and are a better deal for the company.

    Maybe it was a humorous remark lost to the absence of tone in the written medium.