Virtue=values+status
You can’t “signal” this since the equation is computed in the counterparty’s head. “Signal virtue” is like “make a viral video”.
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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.


