Into Bits And Bytes I Am Torn

From “Write More Good” by Wayne Geyer in the June 2009 ish of HOW:

As communicators, our job is to feed our audience information in bite-sized pieces — and in a particular order.

But I attended a lecture by Stephen L. Carter during my reunion, whose thesis was

democracy needs dialogue more than it needs bumper stickers.

I agree with both.  Help?