**Links to**: [[Bad habit]], [[Habit]], [[Tribalism]], [[Consensus]], [[Generativity]], [[Generosity]]. # ┣▇▇ 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚎-𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 ▇▇═─ Name-dropping in philosophy—but, of course, also in other areas—is akin to the popularity-guided following-craze in, e.g., social media. That is: it is an uncertainty-reduction strategy based on something as uninteresting as a trivial-convivial tribalism. Which can sometimes be great, but not as the _only_ thing we do. If you are too lazy[^1] to explain another’s idea to someone unfamiliar with them, and you seek alliances only with those who “already know/understand”, then you’re neither a generous nor a generative [[Xpectator]], let alone a dialogical engine. You are only pooling resources towards a wastelandish [[Semantic attractor]]. ### Footnotes [^1]: For lack of a better word, but yes: too “lazy” to take a risk, explore uncertainty, and expose your shortcomings to others.