Most of the time what we call listening is just our way of waiting for our turn. Paraphrasing some smart person.

A different smart person once taught me that the most interesting and effective conversation is one where you speak only using questions. If you're curious then questions are natural, if you want to argue, then questions are a masterfully manipulative form...

Its hard to do

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_Festival

After Blip Festival NY stopped, there were some other festivals and festival-ish events in other cities that were not as convenient to me, so I stopped following as closely.