I like the note that titles are a “nominally-infinite resource” because there is a limit to them. Namely, they’re sticky. With Zuckerberg’s org, if he really, really, really needs to inflate a person’s title, he can do it. He has the option to pull an Andreessen if he needs to, but the opposite isn’t true.
That’s an interesting point; I wonder if there is a broader correlation between higher simulacra levels and narrowing options like this.
Intuitively it feels like the opposite should be the case; I had vaguely felt like the point of going up a level was to get more options. But then, that doesn’t make any acknowledgement of the object level options.
I like the note that titles are a “nominally-infinite resource” because there is a limit to them. Namely, they’re sticky. With Zuckerberg’s org, if he really, really, really needs to inflate a person’s title, he can do it. He has the option to pull an Andreessen if he needs to, but the opposite isn’t true.
This is an interesting observation. I’m curious to what extend it generalizes to it being hard for people to move from level 4 back to level 3.
That’s an interesting point; I wonder if there is a broader correlation between higher simulacra levels and narrowing options like this.
Intuitively it feels like the opposite should be the case; I had vaguely felt like the point of going up a level was to get more options. But then, that doesn’t make any acknowledgement of the object level options.