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Social Status: Down the Rabbit Hole | Melting Asphalt
status is relative and qualitative, rather than determined and quantitative, it may be possible to create communities that not only reward the greatest contributors but give everyone status in ways that can never be properly compared. In a division of labor, who is to say that the programmer is more valuable than the artist, or vice-versa, if we us... See more
David Phelps • The Currency of Community
Confusing status with skill
The tenured philosophy professor at Princeton might not even be half as effective a teacher as the adjunct at the community college.
The head of surgery might be relatively better at meetings and politics than they are at actually helping patients.
Having a lot of social media followers doesn’t mean you’re really good at ma... See more
The tenured philosophy professor at Princeton might not even be half as effective a teacher as the adjunct at the community college.
The head of surgery might be relatively better at meetings and politics than they are at actually helping patients.
Having a lot of social media followers doesn’t mean you’re really good at ma... See more
Confusing status with skill
Gaining status, in any tribe, is a survival strategy. Status projects a sense of abundance that may attract powerful allies, repel potential foes
Donald Miller • Building a StoryBrand 2.0
But it has one terrible feature that sets it apart from all the other currencies of life. Unlike wealth, or health, or learning, status is purely positional. The size of the pie is fixed, and everyone's out to get a slice of it.
Richard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World
Want to boost your status? Show up as a likable badass
fastcompany.com
Status roles are a measure of who’s up and who’s down.