Wei_Dai comments on Open Thread: June 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 02 June 2010 04:15:06AM 11 points [-]

Pushing someone's happiness button is like doing them a favor, or giving them a gift. Do we have social customs that demand favors and gifts always be exchanged simultaneously? Well, there are some customs like that, but in general no, because we have memory and can keep mental score.