Status Signaling

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

Openness is a major driver of Evaporative Cooling. If anyone can join your community, then the people most likely to join are those who are below the average quality of your community because they have the most to gain.

We see status evolutions already happening online. It used to be high status to have a lot of followers. Now, many people view it as a “green flag” if someone isn’t even on social media.