Doesn’t being at the top tier of social events (or anything) mean that there needs to be sub tiers?
Yes. Status is kind of zero-sum in that your increased status means someone else’s decreased status.
When you stop focusing solely on status though, the game can (but doesn’t always) become positive sum. Sometimes people get status by helping others, and sometimes they use it to help others.
In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, McMurphy regularly manipulates the other patients into partaking in plans which put him on top, and ultimately get him what he wants. In the process of doing so however, he builds them up and helps them to better enjoy their own lives.
Yes. Status is kind of zero-sum in that your increased status means someone else’s decreased status.
When you stop focusing solely on status though, the game can (but doesn’t always) become positive sum. Sometimes people get status by helping others, and sometimes they use it to help others.
In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, McMurphy regularly manipulates the other patients into partaking in plans which put him on top, and ultimately get him what he wants. In the process of doing so however, he builds them up and helps them to better enjoy their own lives.