UAMI: Unilaterally Assured Mutual Incomprehension. The equilibrium that results from one person both refusing to explain themselves or make the effort to understand the other.
Daddy of agree-to-disagree and granddaddy of disagree-and-commit
It’s a good thing.
Conversation
Scale of social coordination levels
Byzantine consensus
Consensus
Disagree and commit
Derping
Consensus trap
Live and let live
Agree to disagree
Mutual incomprehension
Garden of forking paths
Light speed mutual retreat
Bubble multiverse
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What’s the name where two people (usually old bros who drifted apart) keep being misunderstood by the other but push the conversation forward and the hedonic outcome is much better than within-interest-group discussions?
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I’m thinking too many nerds of my subtype basically get old before they “see” this principle of strategic miscommunication in action.
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