Twelve people are stranded on four almost identical desert islands, three apeice (the fourth island is warmer than the other three, which are identical). They have no hope of rescue. Each person has equal status from each person’s perspective. On the first two islands, each person tells a joke to lighten the mood, or perhaps they tell each other of their backgrounds, they interact in a way that alters status alone but not feelings of romance, kinship, etc.
On the first island, everyone likes everyone else’s joke equally, or is impressed with everyone’s background equally. All still have equal status from each person’s perspective. Is there more status on that island than before?
On the second island, everyone dislikes everyone else’s joke equally, or despises everyone’s background equally. All still have equal status from each person’s perspective. Is there less status on that island than before?
On the third island, one person asks for help starting a fire. The other two feel compelled by his status to comply, they do not feel they have the status to refuse.
On the fourth island, one person asks for help starting a fire, but the island is very, very, very slightly warmer than on the other, almost identical islands. The other two don’t feel compelled by his status to comply, they feel they have the status to refuse. The temperature plays a role, they don’t care quite as much about making a fire as the other nine people, and this small factor was decisive, as was every other factor militating against helping build a fire, such as social ones. All were necessary conditions to not helping.
What happens if subsequently one person on the first island asks for help building a fire?
What happens if subsequently one person on the second island asks for help building a fire? How does this differ from what happened on the first island when someone asked for help building a fire?
Karma sink
Twelve people are stranded on four almost identical desert islands, three apeice (the fourth island is warmer than the other three, which are identical). They have no hope of rescue. Each person has equal status from each person’s perspective. On the first two islands, each person tells a joke to lighten the mood, or perhaps they tell each other of their backgrounds, they interact in a way that alters status alone but not feelings of romance, kinship, etc.
On the first island, everyone likes everyone else’s joke equally, or is impressed with everyone’s background equally. All still have equal status from each person’s perspective. Is there more status on that island than before?
On the second island, everyone dislikes everyone else’s joke equally, or despises everyone’s background equally. All still have equal status from each person’s perspective. Is there less status on that island than before?
On the third island, one person asks for help starting a fire. The other two feel compelled by his status to comply, they do not feel they have the status to refuse.
On the fourth island, one person asks for help starting a fire, but the island is very, very, very slightly warmer than on the other, almost identical islands. The other two don’t feel compelled by his status to comply, they feel they have the status to refuse. The temperature plays a role, they don’t care quite as much about making a fire as the other nine people, and this small factor was decisive, as was every other factor militating against helping build a fire, such as social ones. All were necessary conditions to not helping.
What happens if subsequently one person on the first island asks for help building a fire?
What happens if subsequently one person on the second island asks for help building a fire? How does this differ from what happened on the first island when someone asked for help building a fire?