Those who use foul language on social networks (such as Twitter) are sending an expensive signal that they are free — and, ironically, competent. You… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

" "

Those who use foul language on social networks (such as Twitter) are sending an expensive signal that they are free — and, ironically, competent. You don’t signal competence if you don’t take risks for it — there are few such low-risk strategies. So cursing today is a status symbol, just as oligarchs in Moscow wear blue jeans at special events to signal their power.