Displayed busyness signals unavailability to would-be interactors

Evidence

In sociability, whatever the personality has of objective importance, of features which have their orientation toward something outside the circle, must not interfere. Riches and social position, learning and fame, exceptional capacities and merits of the individual have no role in sociability or, at most, as a slight nuance of that immateriality with which alone reality dares penetrate into the artificial structure of sociability. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 375 (#expands, via linked claim)

Our conversation on the way back to the parking lot continues in silence, that underrated third voice that never interrupts and always has something worthwhile to say. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1023 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Objective status markers are excluded from pure social interaction — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 375; Silence functions as an underrated conversational presence — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1023; Others’ signaled openness governs whether one initiates talk

Related

• Silence functions as an underrated conversational presence (similarity 0.82)
• Objective status markers are excluded from pure social interaction (similarity 0.81)
• Others’ signaled openness governs whether one initiates talk (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Others’ signaled openness governs whether one initiates talk #corroborates (0.80)
• Objective status markers are excluded from pure social interaction #expands (0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 375
• Silence functions as an underrated conversational presence #complicates (0.35) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1023