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> So I would say you're not an odd duck, there's just a different set of values you're trying to signal. I agreed with most of your comment, but this sentence
by graedus 9y ago
> So I would say you're not an odd duck, there's just a different set of values you're trying to signal.
I agreed with most of your comment, but this sentence seems to imply that all decisions are purely or at least primarily for the purpose of signaling values to others. I don't think this is true. Humans may be very social and tribal creatures, but I don't think that means it's impossible to make decisions without caring what other people think, like who reads the "signals" generated from e.g. the prudent purchase of a used Honda or whatever.
- dougmwne 9y ago>like who reads the "signals" generated from e.g. the prudent purchase of a used Honda or whatever These social signals form an entire nonverbal language and we are always speaking. Your used Honda is saying more than you realize. Making decisions without caring what other people think speaks volumes as well.
- fanzhang 9y agoJust because everything you do generates a social signal, doesn't mean everything you do is strongly influenced by the desire to generate that social signal. As a analogy, everything I do might generate some amount of sound. When I'm singing karaoke, the primary goal is to generate that sound. When I move my bookshelf by dragging it across the floor, the sound is incidental. Likewise, I think it's perfectly possible for someone to actually to want to buy the Model X outside of signals it generates for the world, even though it generates a signal.