<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Humans are primates who continuously interpret... > Humans are primates who continuously interpret rank, affiliation, threat, submission, confidence, hesitation, and coalition. These signals influence interaction, but no gesture is a universal code and no person becomes responsible for another's violence because a signal was misunderstood. Primate continuity explains why posture matters without converting social signaling into destiny. **Source:** [[livestreams/How Social Posture Escalates Conflict - Workbook|How Social Posture Escalates Conflict]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Humans are primates who continuously interpret rank, affiliation, threat, submission, confidence, hesitation, and coalition. These signals influence interaction, but no gesture is a universal code and no person becomes responsible for another's violence because a signal was misunderstood. Primate continuity explains why posture matters without converting social signaling into destiny.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-humans-primates-who-social-signaling-destiny ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->