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by el_jay 1262 days ago
Simple example:

Alice: “I need you to do X.” Bob: “OK, I’ll do X.”

Not much negotiating, but Bob has aligned to Alice’s request.

More subtle:

Carla: “Do you think we should do X or Y?” Danny: “I’m leaning X but Y might have the following benefits…” Carla: “I’m leaning Y for those exact reasons. Why do you think X?”

And so on, until alignment is reached. Hope this helps!

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Wait, so the argument is that nerds do not use conversation for stuff like this? I really only get more confused tbh.