What Is a Social Tool?

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Vented this idea of a social tool. Actually took the phrase is is something that archaeologists talk about all the time. And i toult thats no goodausitis an idea of what humans invent. Because, yes, you know, it's really hard to keep all your friends in line. You have social tool called an address book. But cemps and and gerillasd and benobos and anda gibbons and so forth, have nothing like thata.

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