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a debt with no interest rate and infinite memory.
means A kind act done for someone willingly, without expectation of payment — though often quietly remembered by both parties.
from From Latin 'favor,' meaning goodwill or kindness, rooted in the verb 'favere,' to be well-disposed toward. It traveled through Old French as 'favor' before settling into English. The same Latin source gives us 'favorite' and 'favorable' — all branches of the idea that someone is, for the moment, on your side.
- hidden ledger
- Every favor quietly logs into someone's mental balance sheet.
- currency
- Mafias and royal courts ran on favors, not cash.
- reciprocity reflex
- Humans feel near-physical pressure to return a favor.
- size doesn't matter
- A tiny first favor unlocks much bigger ones later.
marshal plan — us aid to western europe after wwii, $13 billion distributed 1948-1952
lend lease act — us supplied britain, soviet union during wwii before entering the war, 1941-1945
paris climate accord — 195 nations agreed to carbon reduction targets, adopted 2015