Not sure why this is posted here, but the concept seems accurate enough. The discussion of attention in premodern society makes me think of Oedipus: a chance m

Not sure why this is posted here, but the concept seems accurate enough. The discussion of attention in premodern society makes me think of Oedipus: a chance meeting between strangers on the road ends in violence, and this is taken as at least unsurprising, if not routine.