[Template interactions like "Je voudrais un hot dog, s'il vous plaît … merci!"; "Où est le WC? … merci!" are simple to use, but have no cultural or experiential value, and treat the other as a machine. If someone gives a surprising or interesting response, you might miss it.] Wielding language's magic is intoxicating; becoming susceptible to it, even more so.
[Inormation entropy as "how unique or surprising is this?" threads through: text prediction, text generation, autocorrect, search, cloze tests, data compression and transmission, encryption, memory, summarization, random noise, language learning, language evolution…]
["They lived happily ever after" in information entropy terms means "Nothing noteworthy happened for the rest of their lives".]
[People ask "how did you meet your spouse?" and not "how did you stay married?" because the latter is a story of struggle and pain.]
[Advice from someone who responds less predictably has more value because of entropy.]
[Pithy marketing phrases are "clichés with a diff".]