Status Signaling

understanding the subtle and interesting ways in which humans signal their status and reputation

Twitter Blue feels like a missed revenue opportunity. People don't pay for features. They pay for social capital and status signaling. Twitter could 10x the monetization potential of this by adding things like paid verifications, badges and profile page cosmetics.

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The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter

Joseph Henrich • 5 highlights

amazon.com

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Decentralized Identity: Your Reputation Travels With You - a16z crypto

Jad Esber future.a16z.com

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Smoke and Mirrors — Remains of the Day

Eugene Wei eugenewei.com

Matthew Giampetroni

Reputation in Web3: Ships Built on the Great Flood

Jonathan Glick tals.substack.com

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The new, subtle ways the rich signal their wealth

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett bbc.com

Danielle Vermeer

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A New Genre of Work

Station station.mirror.xyz

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You can unbundle the education and the network, but the hardest part about universities to unbundle is the prestige You know who also has prestige? Tesla. Apple. Google. A startup should create a "university in a box" and sell it to companies w/ prestige looking to train & hire

Erik Torenberg twitter.com

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