Ocupation: Author
Life: b. July 28, 1984
Birthday: July 28
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.
topic: Needs, Inquiry, Want, Pleasantries