Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Heuristics are simplified rules of thumb that make things simple and easy to implement. But their main advantage is that the user knows that they are not perfect, just expedient, and is therefore less fooled by their powers. They become dangerous when we forget that.

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.