Status Signaling
understanding the subtle and interesting ways in which humans signal their status and reputation
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Status Signaling
While I was thinking through the cringe matrix, I thought a lot about celebrities. Given one of their main purposes as public figures is to both establish and violate social norms, thus providing us with both guidance and gossip, they’re always operating with a high cringe risk.
Role of celebrities is to establish & push norms, to be the focus of public debate & discussion. In social media world, everyone kinda is this.
Social-Recognition versus Financial Incentives? Exploring the Effects of Creativity-Contingent External Rewards on Creative Performance
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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 Torenbergtwitter.com
If a single status game becomes dominant, it breeds violence. Social fragmentation is a release valve.
Jaron Lanier on Status / Conflict