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FrameBenignly comments on Virtue, group and individual prestige - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: FrameBenignly 20 February 2015 06:33:09AM 3 points [-]

Graduating from Yale may have a large signaling value in the job market, but wearing a class ring, and making sure everybody knows what it's for may come across as rude. Joining an exclusive club and telling people is just another form of bragging which doesn't sound too virtuous. Many skills are readily demonstrated without the need for a group. The ones that aren't are less likely to be correctly measured by the group.