There’s a backlash against calling out virtue signaling, because to do so has become a political weapon. Morally prescriptive anti-virtue signaling is as self-righteous as the thing itself. That doesn’t stop virtue-signaling being a real and useful concept.https://twitter.com/dayclancy/status/1009506664062603266 …
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Virtue signaling is an adaptive trait. The point is, we all do it. It’s useful to understand so we can figure out how to be more effective. https://twitter.com/Jon_StewartMill/status/1009526652005769216 …
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I’m sure I must’ve expressed my opinion on some ethical issue to no effect, a trillion times by now. That’s hilarious. My opinion doesn’t matter much to me these days. I wish I’d cared less about my opinion and thought more about whether I was using my time effectively.
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Virtue-signaling is so strongly embedded in our behaviour, it’s easy to miss. Even though I understand it conceptually, and dislike it intensely, I still catch myself doing it. I drive myself nuts
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Virtue-signaling goes much deeper than ostentatious social consciousness. It’s right at the heart of our sense of belonging, it’s the way that we maintain the status quo, convince ourselves that we’re with the right group, prevent in-group conflict.
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So the only way to effectively call out virtue-signaling is to constantly ask yourself “so what?” “So what if I think they’re stupid and incompetent?” “So what if I don’t say what’s expected of me here?” “So what if they’re doing that thing I would never do?”
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Virtue-signaling disrupts productivity. It’s insidiously counter-effect, counter-rational thought processes, counter-awareness. It’s system 1 not system 2. It matters a lot to me to be productive and effective. Asking “so what…?” keeps me on track sometimes.
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Replying to @_awbery_
IMO virtue signalling and political engagement in general becomes a vice when the ratio of "reading thinking about politics"/"expressing opinions" to actually doing something IRL becomes highly unbalanced. You are what you do, not what you say or how you socially position.
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Yes, that sounds right to me.
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