Conversation Agent - Valeria Maltoni

How you Speak is Who You Are

Identity is forged in the interplay of language and emotion. The connection between the two has value. But we only realize the value of something after we lose it. You may not realize it, but language is the vehicle of our lives. It’s the means through which we communicate our values and orient to the world. Through language, we tend to and access a rich emotional connection with loved ones. That connection with others helps us negotiate our identity. In ancient Greece they knew that it is others who create the context for “me” to emerge and develop. Then we... Read more →

Details are the Hallmark of a Story you can Relate to

But they work only when you nail the larger narrative. Lynda LaPlante Before he could start enjoying his job, Jack Warr had to find his place in the world. The interaction between a quest to reconnect with his identity and the mounting urgency of the crisis in a new case depend on each other to make the story work in Lynda LaPlante’s latest crime series. LaPlante turned to writing after a successful acting career. You may know her name for her work on Prime Suspect. The gap between the story you tell and your body language is what gives you... Read more →

Some of us Knew That all Along

Companies turned social networks into media because they had no idea how to harness the value of socially useful energy concentrated there. The real horror to turning networks into media is that it happened gradually, and then all of a sudden. Few noticed. Making connections for modest use was okay. Turning everyone into constant content creators/sinks was not. I was going to build on the conversation generated on LinkedIn on the article in The Atlantic about the age of social media being over when I discovered to my horror that all my connections, content, and company page were gone. All... Read more →