I don’t think that everybody has the built in drive to seek “high social status”, as defined by the culture they are born into or any specific aspect of it that can be made to seem attractive. I know people who just think its an annoying waste of time. Or like myself spent half my life chasing it then found inner empowerment and came to find the proxy of high status was a waste of time and quit chasing.
Maybe related, I do think we all generally tend to seek “signalling” and in some cases spend great energy doing it. I admit I sometimes do, but it’s not signalling high status, its just signalling chill and contentedness. I have observed some kind of signalling in pretty much every adult I have witnessed, though its hard to say for sure, its more my assumption of their deepest motivation. The strength of the drive isn’t always strong for some people or its just very temporary. There are likely much stronger drivers (e,g, avoiding obvious suffering). Signalling perhaps helps us attract others who align with us and form “tribes”, so it can be worth the energy.
I don’t think that everybody has the built in drive to seek “high social status”, as defined by the culture they are born into or any specific aspect of it that can be made to seem attractive. I know people who just think its an annoying waste of time. Or like myself spent half my life chasing it then found inner empowerment and came to find the proxy of high status was a waste of time and quit chasing.
Maybe related, I do think we all generally tend to seek “signalling” and in some cases spend great energy doing it. I admit I sometimes do, but it’s not signalling high status, its just signalling chill and contentedness. I have observed some kind of signalling in pretty much every adult I have witnessed, though its hard to say for sure, its more my assumption of their deepest motivation. The strength of the drive isn’t always strong for some people or its just very temporary. There are likely much stronger drivers (e,g, avoiding obvious suffering). Signalling perhaps helps us attract others who align with us and form “tribes”, so it can be worth the energy.