The video explains how some people make us feel more interesting than others, highlighting the importance of how much they understand and appreciate us. Our interactions are influenced by unconscious cues regarding the level of understanding and acceptance from our interlocutors. The more someone comprehends and accepts us, the more we feel inclined to share. Being comfortable with oneself, including the darker aspects, makes one more interesting to others. The reciprocity of feeling safe to explore one's inner self allows for meaningful connections and conversations.
Vocabulary:
• Variance: a difference or variation between things
• Liable: likely to do or experience something
• Brim: to be completely filled with something
• Faculty: an ability or skill
• Comprehend: to understand something
• Agonizing: causing great physical or mental pain
• Reciprocity: the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit
• Unpack: to explain or analyze something in detail