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This reminds me of a long-running discussion I’ve had with friends about β€œhonor culture” (which I come from) vs β€œdignity culture” (which I live in in California). There are trade-offs to each, I can concede, but I’m an honor-culture person when the chips are down, and I feel pride rather than shame when I read articles like this and peep the charts showing that I and my people are a little crazy: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/05/why-economists-need-a-new-understanding-of-human-behaviour/

The truth is, in a lot of situations, you want this sort of craziness! Anyway; extremely fun post!

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