Concept
Presence as a channel condition
Not a virtue. The channel must carry signal before anything you send arrives as signal, which is why an accurate reading delivered to a closed channel lands as an attack. Presence makes understanding possible; understanding is what care is made of.
Where it appears
Treated in
- Part Two — How to PracticePresenceA conversation is two people each building a model of the other while being modelled themselves — why an accurate reading lands as an attack until the other person can tell you're actually there.