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bennysonething | 2 years ago

Or it's a way to increase your status while not doing your actual job. "Look at how moral I am!". I'm wondering how long this crap will continue. I'm hoping it becomes a cliche and embarrassing soon.

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JPws_Prntr_Fngr|2 years 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.

Ekaros|2 years ago

Let's see how economy will do... If things get very tight I think there might be hope that corporations will focus on more important things. Like good products and making profit.

bennysonething|2 years ago

You might have a point here, maybe the era of cheap money funded this nonsense.