Tag: Adam Smith

• All Communication is Manipulation

  This essay is the first in a ten-installment series, but can be read as a standalone introduction: All communication is manipulation. Some manipulation is mutually advantageous. Alternatively phrased, the purpose of communication, broadly, is the alteration of others’ actions. Or, Communication is defined by its interest in altering the receiver’s actions. Actions, expressions, and speech…

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  January 11, 2022

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  Adam Smith, all communication is manipulation, Erving Goffman, evolutionary psychology, John Nerst, Kevin Simler, linguistics, meaning, Paul Grice, Richard Rorty, strategic interaction, strategic representation