level 4 makes each of the other levels into partially-grounded keynesian beauty contests—a thing from economics that was intended to model the stock market—which I think is where a lot of “status signaling” stuff comes from. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a real beauty contest underneath.
Yes!
I wrote a low-edit post about how individual interactions give rise to consistent status hierarchies, a few month ago. (That blog is only for quick low-edit writing of mine. Those are called Tumbler posts?)
Briefly, people help people who can help them. A person who has many people who want to help them can be more helpful, so more people want to help them.
Yes!
I wrote a low-edit post about how individual interactions give rise to consistent status hierarchies, a few month ago. (That blog is only for quick low-edit writing of mine. Those are called Tumbler posts?)
Briefly, people help people who can help them. A person who has many people who want to help them can be more helpful, so more people want to help them.