An Anatomy of Awkwardness
(1) It is hard to pay attention to more than one person at a time.
(2) Who you pay attention to has social, political, and ethical consequences.
(2.1) There is probably a reduction from the Space model of social engagement to the Attention model, but I don't know it yet.
(2.1.1) Hypothesis: the Space model represents a reificiation of high-level generalizations over the Attention model, but it is lossy because the Attention model is a level of analysis more sensitive to the realities of individual difference.
(2.1.2) Speculation: the Attention model is insufficient because it does not capture the direction of information flow. (A and B can be co-attending, but with A primarily speaking and B primarily listening.)
(2.1.2.1) There are also consequences of the content of the communication, especially if the content contains a reference to somebody present. In this situation, there is a disturbance between the Semantic level of activity and the Attentive level of activity.
(2.1.2.1.1) The True model must accommodate the attentional consequences of semantics. (E.g. "You". c.f Buber)
(3) I'm sorry, I seem to have forgotten what I was talking about. Were you saying something?
(2) Who you pay attention to has social, political, and ethical consequences.
(2.1) There is probably a reduction from the Space model of social engagement to the Attention model, but I don't know it yet.
(2.1.1) Hypothesis: the Space model represents a reificiation of high-level generalizations over the Attention model, but it is lossy because the Attention model is a level of analysis more sensitive to the realities of individual difference.
(2.1.2) Speculation: the Attention model is insufficient because it does not capture the direction of information flow. (A and B can be co-attending, but with A primarily speaking and B primarily listening.)
(2.1.2.1) There are also consequences of the content of the communication, especially if the content contains a reference to somebody present. In this situation, there is a disturbance between the Semantic level of activity and the Attentive level of activity.
(2.1.2.1.1) The True model must accommodate the attentional consequences of semantics. (E.g. "You". c.f Buber)
(3) I'm sorry, I seem to have forgotten what I was talking about. Were you saying something?