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spending real effort to prove you mean it, because talk is cheap and everyone knows it.
means an action taken mainly to credibly convey information about yourself, since just saying it wouldn't be believed.
from coined in economics by michael spence in 1973, who showed why job seekers get degrees not for the knowledge but to prove they could survive the ordeal.
peacock tailpure biological signal, costly and useless otherwise
nobel prizespence won economics nobel in 2001
virtue signalingthe internet's snarkiest weaponized descendant
key rulemust cost more for liars than honest signalers