<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Listening lowers social threat because being... > Listening lowers social threat because being accurately received signals recognition. In primate terms, attention can function as affiliation, while contemptuous inattention can register as rank dismissal. **Source:** [[livestreams/The Discipline of Genuine Listening - Workbook|The Discipline of Genuine Listening]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Listening lowers social threat because being accurately received signals recognition. In primate terms, attention can function as affiliation, while contemptuous inattention can register as rank dismissal.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-listening-lowers-social-register-rank-dismissal ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->