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Social Technology

Literal Translation
A practice, custom, or norm that was developed to solve recurring problems of human social coordination and that persists because it continues to solve those problems in evolved forms. The tea ceremony, the senpai-kohai system, the specific etiquette of a Japanese meal — all social technologies.