Signaling values and signaling status are both good.
Signal values to make friends/enemies.
Signal status to set expectations reflecting real, dumb-to-ignore asymmetries.
It’s when you conflate them that things get bad. Don’t signal virtue to establish status or vice versa.
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How would you compare ethics of signalling status of appearance vs status of wealth? Or is status in general positive to maintain boundaries?
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It’s when the signal is dishonest or inefficient when things get bad.




