pwno comments on The Social Coprocessor Model - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pwno 18 May 2010 05:31:15PM 2 points [-]

Your time and effort can be used to give status. By sending a reliable signal you've wasted time and effort for a friend, you're giving your friend good evidence they have some power over you - a feeling much sweeter than a store-bought cake.