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The elaborate and nonsensical (and costly) virtue/fitness-signaling will only continue to escalate, because just like with clothing fashions, the difficulty and
by JPws_Prntr_Fngr 4y ago
The elaborate and nonsensical (and costly) virtue/fitness-signaling will only continue to escalate, because just like with clothing fashions, the difficulty and cost of staying in the trendy vanguard is the entire point. Scott Alexander (and probably others) had a pretty good analysis of the phenomenon.
- prottog 4y agoSee also the idea of the "luxury belief" regarding your point that exclusivity is indeed the entire point.
- JPws_Prntr_Fngr 4y agoThat’s the term I was searching for!