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Apology (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)

Minds Almost Meeting

CHAPTER

The Importance of Intermediating in Social Networks

The social networks do often function to swathe and mediate interactions between people. For example, A is interested in B romantically but then A will ask their friends, what does B think of me? You're understanding the third party is in some sense the true beneficiary of the apology. No, I don't mean to say that.

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