If you receive a signal that surprises you, consider the costs to the sender of not sending that signal.
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The more widely a signal is adopted, the less it differentiates (& often becomes less costly) - it must intensify to retain informativeness.
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@RachelHaywire if there's information (say grades) out there and it's theoretically voluntary to reveal it, those with the highest grades... -
@RachelHaywire ...choose to reveal it. but then those with B grades want to reveal theirs too, to not be mistaken for C students etc. - 1 more reply
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@GabrielDuquette education, political affiliation/causes, actual religious piety -
@GabrielDuquette though long-term successful religions usually evolve solutions to excessive holiness
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@MWStory@sarahdoingthing@RachelHaywire there's a tradition that Harvard alumni must never be so gauche as to actually namedrop the school -
@schakalsynthetc@MWStory@RachelHaywire "oh, I went to school in, uh, Boston" - 2 more replies
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@RachelHaywire I think the only way you can measure sacredness is how people behave toward it and the consequences for violationThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MWStory@RachelHaywire that's one way out of information unraveling! snitches in ditches etc.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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