Every interaction, including love and conversation, is a form of exchange.

Evidence

Now every interaction is properly viewed as a kind of exchange. This is true of every conversation, every love (even when requited unfavorably), every game, every act of looking one another over. It might seem that the two categories are dissimilar, in that in interaction one gives something one does not have, whereas in exchange one gives only what one does have, but this distinction does not really hold. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 219

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Exchange stands as the purest form of human interaction and rationalizes daily life. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 217; Every exchange is individually advantageous given its actual circumstances — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 255; Exchange logic has fully absorbed even love, the last sphere of immediacy — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 180

Related

• Exchange stands as the purest form of human interaction and rationalizes daily life. (similarity 0.90)
• Every exchange is individually advantageous given its actual circumstances (similarity 0.82)
• Exchange creates value such that the sum exceeds what each party held. (similarity 0.81)
• Exchange value is always judged relative to the moment’s circumstances (similarity 0.81)
• Exchange is a change within each party, not a thing between them. (similarity 0.81)
• Exchange logic has fully absorbed even love, the last sphere of immediacy (similarity 0.80)
• Exchange creates value as genuinely as production does. (similarity 0.80)
• Exchange itself, not utility or scarcity, creates economic value. (similarity 0.78)
• Two-person exchange is a subspecies of the individual’s internal sacrifice-and-gain. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Every exchange is individually advantageous given its actual circumstances #expands (0.70) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 255