Looked at generally, status is pretty clearly contextual (different ranking for different topics or evaluations). I don’t think your idea of a scalar for each context/topic covers all the complexity, though. Even within a given context, it can be multidimensional in that people can use partial orderings of how they think of themselves and you distinct from how they think others think of you.
My expectation is that judgment of others and use of reputation are insanely complex in humans—it’s arguably the primary driver for recent (tens of thousands of years) evolution, and I doubt it can be summarized using a small vector.
Looked at generally, status is pretty clearly contextual (different ranking for different topics or evaluations). I don’t think your idea of a scalar for each context/topic covers all the complexity, though. Even within a given context, it can be multidimensional in that people can use partial orderings of how they think of themselves and you distinct from how they think others think of you.
My expectation is that judgment of others and use of reputation are insanely complex in humans—it’s arguably the primary driver for recent (tens of thousands of years) evolution, and I doubt it can be summarized using a small vector.