Lack of Social Grace is a Lack of Skill — LessWrong
I. I have claimed that one of the fundamental questions of rationality is “what am I about to do and what will happen next?” One of the domains I as…
x Lack of Social Grace is a Lack of Skill — LessWrong Community Conflict Amblings Social Skills Practical Rationality Frontpage 2025 Top Fifty: 13 % 203 Lack of Social Grace is a Lack of Skill by Screwtape 3rd Nov 2025 7 min read 26 203 I. I have claimed that one of the fundamental questions of rationality is “what am I about to do and what will happen next?” One of the domains I ask this question the most is in social situations. There are a great many skills in the world. If I had the time and resources to do so, I’d want to master all of them. Wilderness survival, automotive repair, the Jap
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