Shamelessness as a strategy
Merlin displays what he knows so shamelessly that he throws everyone off
the “shameless” approach is becoming a dominant strategy today. It was first popularized in modern canon by Paris Hilton, who played the “dumb blonde heiress
people were dismissive of Paris because validating her playbook would mean admitting that they were playing an inferior game
Today, it seems like punishing shamelessness only increases social rewards to the transgressor. What’s changed?
In the past, if the size of your community was finitely bounded (like a village, or an aristocratic social class), people didn’t enter or exit these communities as frequently. Under these conditions, sanctions are probably still effective, because members of the community want to be liked and accepted.
But the borders to online communities are much more fluid - perhaps even nonexistent
will backfire, because they just serve as a signaling boost for the transgressor, attracting outsiders who resonate with that person’s message.
forms the basis for an entirely new community.
A common critique of shameless people is questioning their intelligence
it doesn’t actually matter how aware that person is
The shameless person is simply a host for a set of ideas, which, like any virus
