One of my growing convictions is that values (either explicit or revealed preference in market/non-market environs) simply don’t matter beyond one big purpose: coalition formation through virtue signaling.
Behavior is 99% shaped by imitation of what you see working for others.
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To a first approximation, yeah. You buy shoes 99% because you see they work for others in protecting feet.
The remaining 1% is decisions like non-leather for animal rights or minimalist for barefoot running ideology.
