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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.
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agreed, though I suspect you can brute force it / the rarity ratio of signalling is easier than viral video achievement: in the same way Coke can put a billboard up everywhere in the country for slow-burn impression advertising, you can reinforce your signal slowly and repeatedly
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A funny idea I’ve had in my head for a while is a good-faith “how to virtue signal effectively” guide in the style of “how to win friends” but I’ve been stuck, maybe this is why 🤔 it’s still possible to set things up such that the counterparty is primed to compute in your favor
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