I have mixed feelings about social media and how it impacts us. That said, I have learned quite a bit in that arena. Today, I was struck by some things Emily Amick said. She’s an attorney and posts about politics and political communications on Instagram at emilyinyourphone.

“When you are grieving, you have this myopic point of view. You don’t understand how anyone else is doing anything other than being upset about this. ‘How dare you talk to me about this other thing. How can you not understand what’s happening to me? How are you just going on with your little f*****g life.... when this horrible thing is happening to me…’ That’s grief.”

I know that sensation. Most of us know that, or will. I remember right after my son died I looked at a newspaper and was surprised his death wasn’t on the front page. I couldn’t understand that there was other news, that he wasn’t in the paper at all, I literally couldn’t process it.

This “mass psychology” of grief is a “new aspect of what we are experiencing.”

She goes on to talk about how this impacts political communications, and ultimately foreign policy. I want to look at how this impacts work.

If you want more about this topic, Eugene and I explore it in our latest podcast at badbossbrief.substack.com

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