Brian Christian - Pleasantries are low entropy, biased so far that they stop being an earnest

Pleasantries are low entropy, biased so far that they stop being an earnest inquiry and become ritual. Ritual has its virtues, of course, and I don't quibble with them in the slightest. But if we really want to start fathoming someone, we need to get them speaking in sentences we can't finish.

- Brian Christian

topic: Needs, Inquiry, Want, Pleasantries