jaibot comments on Three more ways identity can be a curse - Less Wrong
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It is very useful... for preserving the existing social order.
(Which is usually the opposite of what the person asking for the advice wants. Problem is, the goals of others, including the one giving the advice, are not aligned with that.)
The optimistic interpretation of this advice could be "Don't spend cognitive overhead on signalling".