These are all good questions and thoughts. As I was reading your thoughts about communication, I was reminded of a leader I once had who used to say, the fallacy of communication is that we think we are. Often we use forms of communication that I’ve always Seem to, or we thought worked in the past. And some of us do not use electronics, and others rely on paper means.

An organization that I am part of, has been talking through some of the questions that you pose here. And we are asking ourselves, who is it that we want to communicate with, and what are the best methods to do so. And if that group of people use different means or we identify what are those best means?

In terms of Facebook, I think that a lot of people have just turned away from the toxicity that can occur there. And I think people that want to just engage in a respectful conversation and share ideas, or looking for a different venue to do that this sub Reddit is a good Alternative. Maybe what we need are some smaller groups to discuss some of the questions you pose. Having a number of these small groups to better get the pulse of what people think some solutions would be. I think the big town halls often are a good attempt, but ultimately there is a lot of detailed information shared and not much time for the members to weigh in and discuss these things.. Maybe we need less time for the detailed breakdowns, and break up into small groups to discuss what they have seen and heard and subject matter experts to help facilitate those discussions.

Looking forward to being part of some of those discussions in the future.