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Words you mint as currency, hoping future-you can cover the debt.
means Declarations that you'll definitely do something, binding present-you to a stranger you haven't met yet.
from From Latin promittere, to send forth — you literally hurl your word into the future and pray it lands.
Cheap inflationThe easier to make, the less they're worth
Pinky versionSchoolyard contract law, surprisingly binding
Etymology twinShares roots with mission, both sent forward