<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The telephone-game problem is a failure of... > The telephone-game problem is a failure of disciplined reading. Communities become unstable when members respond to what they imagined, repeat what they never checked, and allow emotional speed to outrun the source they were supposed to understand. **Source:** [[livestreams/Building the Royal Society — Social Proof, Local Chapters, and Community Infrastructure - Workbook|Building the Royal Society — Social Proof, Local Chapters, and Community Infrastructure]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The telephone-game problem is a failure of disciplined reading. Communities become unstable when members respond to what they imagined, repeat what they never checked, and allow emotional speed to outrun the source they were supposed to understand.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-telephone-game-problem-source-supposed-understand ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->