Charm means the person has allies, and would be dangerous to cross. Competence might mean that they are likely to make a power play (see prestige vs dominance hierarchies).
There are hunter gatherers who punish those of low status who give away too much meat. Because these people are obviously trying to wow people and make a play at raising their status.
How sure are you that hunter-gatherers are much closer to the edge than the typical person in our society?
Very sure; compare death rates.
A better comparison might be people in cold / food-scarce vs warm / food-abundant areas.
Surely abundance of food is relative to population size?
Maybe we could try and estimate how objectively hard it is for certain groups to survive, and then try and work back to reward for competence from that?
See anti-social punishment here: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/X5RyaEDHNq5qutSHK/anti-social-punishment—cooperators were punished for cooperating!
Charm means the person has allies, and would be dangerous to cross. Competence might mean that they are likely to make a power play (see prestige vs dominance hierarchies).
There are hunter gatherers who punish those of low status who give away too much meat. Because these people are obviously trying to wow people and make a play at raising their status.
How sure are you that hunter-gatherers are much closer to the edge than the typical person in our society?
A better comparison might be people in cold / food-scarce vs warm / food-abundant areas.
Very sure; compare death rates.
Surely abundance of food is relative to population size?
Maybe we could try and estimate how objectively hard it is for certain groups to survive, and then try and work back to reward for competence from that?