You don’t necessarily lose status by admitting that you do things that people only do to prove how high status they are.
Interestingly, this seems to only apply in rationalist communities. While I think it’s a good norm for encouraging truth-seeking, it seems bad for winning to let each-other off the hook too easily.
Interestingly, this seems to only apply in rationalist communities.
I wouldn’t say that. It applies in a significant proportion of communities with a self help emphasis and the overwhelming majority of those that are focused on dating.
While I think it’s a good norm for encouraging truth-seeking, it seems bad for winning to let each-other off the hook too easily.
There isn’t any letting each other off the hook involved. Doing things just to signal your status is a basic social skill and not something to be ashamed of.
Doing things just to signal your status is a basic social skill and not something to be ashamed of.
Yes, but what I’m trying to get at is that if we started assigning status to people who actually accomplish things, we’d all start … accomplishing more things!
Interestingly, this seems to only apply in rationalist communities. While I think it’s a good norm for encouraging truth-seeking, it seems bad for winning to let each-other off the hook too easily.
I wouldn’t say that. It applies in a significant proportion of communities with a self help emphasis and the overwhelming majority of those that are focused on dating.
There isn’t any letting each other off the hook involved. Doing things just to signal your status is a basic social skill and not something to be ashamed of.
Yes, but what I’m trying to get at is that if we started assigning status to people who actually accomplish things, we’d all start … accomplishing more things!