The Evolution of Handshake Protocols

There's a lot more going on under the surface of handshakes. The open-handed gesture evolved as a show that you're actually unarmed and not reaching for your sword or you're done, right? So that itself tells you something very critical about what the gesture is doing at a functional level as well as a ceremonial level. It's like starting off an interaction on the right foot by saying, I'm here, I come in peace, I'm shaking hands with you... And then it stacks up. A party at one level is a bunch of people shaking hands and saying hello and then having conversations,. But at higher levels, it's more and more layers of protocol like behavior.

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