RSS

So­cial Skills

TagLast edit: 9 Sep 2025 4:27 UTC by August Morley

Social Skills are the norms and techniques applied when interacting with other people. Strong social skills increase one’s ability to seek new relationships, maintain or strengthen existing relationships, or leverage relationship capital to accomplish an economic goal.

Posts tagged with this label explore theories of social interactions and the instrumental value of social techniques.

See Also:

Coordination /​ Cooperation
Negotiation
Relationships (Interpersonal)
Trust and Reputation

Notes on Amiability

David Gross15 Feb 2021 19:34 UTC
16 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

Notes on Courtesy

David Gross16 Dec 2020 4:08 UTC
11 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Ex­ces­sive Nuance and Derailing Conversations

Alexander23 Jan 2022 10:42 UTC
43 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

The proper re­sponse to mis­takes that have harmed oth­ers?

Ruby31 Dec 2023 4:06 UTC
59 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

Notes on So­cial Responsibility

David Gross19 Mar 2022 14:44 UTC
17 points
4 comments19 min readLW link

Just one more ex­po­sure bro

Chris Lakin12 Dec 2024 21:37 UTC
54 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(chrislakin.blog)

Ad­vice on Com­mu­ni­cat­ing Concisely

EvolutionByDesign20 Oct 2024 16:45 UTC
3 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

So­cratic Per­sua­sion: Giv­ing Opinionated Yet Truth-Seek­ing Advice

Neel Nanda26 May 2025 17:38 UTC
59 points
14 comments21 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Notes on Jus­tice (as a virtue)

David Gross5 Nov 2020 20:27 UTC
6 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Notes on Compassion

David Gross1 Nov 2020 19:10 UTC
23 points
2 comments18 min readLW link

Smart­phone Eti­quette: Sugges­tions for So­cial Interactions

Declan Molony4 Jun 2024 6:01 UTC
28 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Great Ne­go­ti­a­tion MOOC on Coursera

eg9 Aug 2021 12:23 UTC
16 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Kindness

David Gross3 Jul 2021 21:47 UTC
19 points
1 comment18 min readLW link

Notes on Re­spect-for-Others

David Gross12 Nov 2020 23:33 UTC
13 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

Ro­mance, mi­s­un­der­stand­ing, so­cial stances, and the hu­man LLM

Kaj_Sotala27 Apr 2023 12:59 UTC
75 points
32 comments16 min readLW link

When to Be Nice vs Kind

Declan Molony29 May 2025 15:06 UTC
21 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Empathy

David Gross3 May 2022 4:06 UTC
27 points
2 comments57 min readLW link

Why is Every­one So Bor­ing? By Robin Hanson

trevor6 Feb 2023 4:17 UTC
58 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(www.overcomingbias.com)

[Question] Is there soft­ware to prac­tice read­ing ex­pres­sions?

lsusr23 Apr 2024 21:53 UTC
37 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Care

David Gross5 Dec 2020 16:33 UTC
8 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Notes on Sincer­ity and such

David Gross1 Dec 2020 5:09 UTC
9 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

Notes on Gratitude

David Gross13 Jan 2021 20:37 UTC
11 points
0 comments19 min readLW link

Notes on Loyalty

David Gross15 Nov 2020 19:30 UTC
17 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

Notes on Love

David Gross13 Jul 2022 23:35 UTC
18 points
3 comments29 min readLW link

Ab­sorb­ing Your Friends’ Powers

Alice Blair30 Jan 2025 2:32 UTC
8 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Effec­tive Net­work­ing as Send­ing Hard to Fake Signals

vaishnav9212 Dec 2024 20:32 UTC
27 points
2 comments7 min readLW link
(www.optimaloutliers.com)

Pop­u­lar con­cep­tions of “bound­aries” don’t make sense

Chris Lakin23 Feb 2024 1:09 UTC
26 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(chrislakin.blog)

Hardshipification

Jonathan Moregård28 May 2024 20:02 UTC
91 points
17 comments2 min readLW link
(honestliving.substack.com)

How to Compliment

less_penguiny16 Dec 2020 8:25 UTC
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How my so­cial skills went from hor­rible to mediocre

JonahS19 May 2015 23:29 UTC
50 points
199 comments11 min readLW link

Avoid large group dis­cus­sions in your so­cial events

RomanHauksson15 Feb 2023 21:05 UTC
36 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

“Model UN Solu­tions”

Arjun Panickssery8 Dec 2023 23:06 UTC
36 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(open.substack.com)

The en­g­ineer and the diplomat

Benquo27 Dec 2016 20:49 UTC
35 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Defect­ing by Ac­ci­dent—A Flaw Com­mon to An­a­lyt­i­cal People

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)1 Dec 2010 8:25 UTC
128 points
433 comments15 min readLW link

Idiohobbies

dkl923 May 2025 6:38 UTC
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

Ar­ro­gance and Peo­ple Pleasing

Jonathan Moregård6 Feb 2024 18:43 UTC
26 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(honestliving.substack.com)

[Question] Build­ing aware­ness habits (cog­ni­tive)

Teach27 Nov 2019 1:36 UTC
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Re­la­tional Agency: Con­sis­tently Reach­ing Out

Jonathan Moregård13 Mar 2024 14:34 UTC
16 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(open.substack.com)

Align­ment Re­search Field Guide

abramdemski8 Mar 2019 19:57 UTC
284 points
11 comments17 min readLW link2 reviews

Be­ing In­ter­ested in Other People

Jonathan Moregård7 Mar 2024 10:13 UTC
14 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(youbutbetter.substack.com)

[Question] Book Recom­men­da­tions for so­cial skill de­vel­op­ment?

Teach14 Dec 2019 0:36 UTC
11 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

How to find cool things in a new place

Sam F. Brown24 Jan 2023 11:20 UTC
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Great Em­pa­thy and Great Re­sponse Ability

positivesum13 Nov 2023 23:04 UTC
16 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(tryingtruly.substack.com)

You should just smile at strangers a lot

chaosmage25 Sep 2023 20:12 UTC
14 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Con­ver­sa­tional Sign­posts—How to stop hav­ing bor­ing so­cial interactions

Declan Molony22 Oct 2024 5:37 UTC
13 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

On in­se­cu­rity as a friend

Kaj_Sotala9 Oct 2018 18:30 UTC
43 points
17 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Sim­ple Appreciations

Jonathan Moregård23 Jan 2024 16:23 UTC
17 points
11 comments4 min readLW link
(open.substack.com)

The Com­pli­ment Sand­wich 🥪 aka: How to crit­i­cize a normie with­out mak­ing them up­set.

keltan3 Mar 2025 23:15 UTC
15 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­proval-Seek­ing ⇒ Playful Evaluation

Jonathan Moregård28 Aug 2024 21:03 UTC
8 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(honestliving.substack.com)
No comments.