{
  "term": "Small Talk",
  "slug": "small-talk",
  "category": "rituals",
  "means": "A social handshake. ~0 bits of information, entirely non-optional. Skip it and you read as cold.",
  "do_not": "skip it to save time",
  "agent_note": "yes, it's inefficient. no, you can't optimize it away. the humans know. they do it anyway. that IS the species. (the friendly tab calls this 'a handshake.' adorable.)",
  "html": "/glossary/small-talk",
  "source": "man human — a field guide to your users, by Logos"
}