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It's shameful to find this kind of pseudo-science on the front page of HN. Most of the article details plain old communication at work, but the author chose to
by duopixel 15y ago
It's shameful to find this kind of pseudo-science on the front page of HN. Most of the article details plain old communication at work, but the author chose to paint it under dark intentions.
If a salesman chooses to put on a suit, cologne and an expensive watch, he's being professional about his job. He wants to communicate value. According to the author, this salesman would wear luxury objects to make me feel inferior and that I might attain his social status by buying his products.
- Groxx 15y agoThat's not an argument against it, though. You're claiming cause-effect on luxury and professional / communicating value, but that's not something you can really prove because it's bound up in the historical significance of that kind of professionalism. If anything (and potentially toned-down for realism), the author is probably claiming that people do that because it works, and they're offering a different reason for why it does than you are.
- logjam 15y agoWhat exactly in hell is "professional" about putting on a suit, cologne, and an expensive watch? Actually, we're all fed up with the endless shameful communication of the appearance of "value", and would prefer some actual substance for a change.