Contracts are about economic transactions. Relationships are about love and intimacy. Confusing the two leads to trouble.
.@franklinveaux possibly almost as much trouble as failing to understand how the two relate to each other
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@chaosprime Cookbooks and tasty meals relate to each other, but they aren't the same thing. Confusing the two leads to indigestion. :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@everickert@franklinveaux the nature of beneficial trade is that each party receives something it values more than it is giving up. -
@everickert@franklinveaux this is a far better basis for relationships than the more popular one of uncaused self-sacrificing devotion. -
@everickert@franklinveaux or more precisely the cultural narrative of / privileged demand for that, it not being a thing that exists. -
@chaosprime@franklinveaux I think I'm following. Just need you to help close the loop back to your original tweet :-) -
@everickert@franklinveaux it's a way in which the dynamics of a relationship are usefully understood in terms of economic transaction :) -
@everickert my quibble is that@franklinveaux is attempting to devalue contract relations in intimacy (which i agree with, they're shit) by… -
@everickert@franklinveaux …constructing economics and intimacy as specially separate fields, which i think is both incorrect and unhelpful. - 6 more replies
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