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Comment author: Brillyant 04 April 2016 09:52:20PM 0 points [-]

The two biggest exceptions I would personally make, which seem to mitigate the downsides: "I am a person who keeps promises" and "I am a person who is loyal to [small set of people] and who can be relied upon to cooperate more broadly -- whatever that turns out to entail".

Can you discuss why you chose these two exceptions? Loyalty and promise-keeping?