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Perhaps this energy we speak of is the energy the brain expends to continuously compute the requirements of the social contract in members of our species who don't have it sufficiently hardwired.

An introverts guide to increasing energy | Hacker News Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login An introverts guide to increasing energy ( ashleyjanssen.com ) 315 points by sysadm1n on Nov 21, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 143 comments hliyan on Nov 21, 2021 | next [–] For over 25 years I wondered why social events drained me and what neurological phenomenon the metaphor "energy" stood for (which this article and many others like it don't seem to bother investigating). I've recently come to realize that it's the extent to which you see other human beings as a thre

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