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However, I always suspected that that pose of poised yet cynical detachment was just a way of getting one over the other person. Now I know it interferes with one's education as well. It is. Poised cynical detachment is the leadership style of the unnatural leader. The naturals can get away with ch...

It's a social game that you're forced to play whenever you want something that requires it. Ever notice that when you act as if anything others have to show you is uninteresting and boring, people lose their poise? Like when they're 'excited' and 'eager' to show you something and they lose that air ...