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A study on minimal social interactions examined more than 60,000 people across two cultures, and what even a simple greeting does to the one number researchers use to measure a full life surprised the scientists who ran it
It lasts less than two seconds. You catch the eye of the cashier, say “thank you,” and you’re already reaching for your keys. Nobody logs it. Nobody counts it as a social event. Most people would not even call it an interaction. Yet something... Read more.
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