Wait, no. I don’t think social capital is zero-sum. People can spend more resources on other people. I can set aside 10 minutes to give someone advice, that I could have used on playing games instead (random example). Here net social capital increased.
In many cases I don’t think giving someone 10 minutes of advice is a matter of social capital. I think most people in this community are perfectly willing to spend 10 minutes giving another rationalist with low status in this community 10 minutes of advice.
The problem with giving advice is rather about assessing whether a person wants to get advice and whether or not you are in a good position to give advice.
Practically giving advice to low status people often even feels easier than giving it to high status people.
For the record, I’m willing to give any person who counts themselves as a member of our community who wants advice 15 minutes of advice via Skype.
The point is that the example doesn’t work. If you think there’s something to the point you are making it would make sense to provide an example that does.
Given that you broad the example it also suggests that your mental model of when advice is given might need updating.
Wait, no. I don’t think social capital is zero-sum. People can spend more resources on other people. I can set aside 10 minutes to give someone advice, that I could have used on playing games instead (random example). Here net social capital increased.
In many cases I don’t think giving someone 10 minutes of advice is a matter of social capital. I think most people in this community are perfectly willing to spend 10 minutes giving another rationalist with low status in this community 10 minutes of advice.
The problem with giving advice is rather about assessing whether a person wants to get advice and whether or not you are in a good position to give advice.
Practically giving advice to low status people often even feels easier than giving it to high status people.
For the record, I’m willing to give any person who counts themselves as a member of our community who wants advice 15 minutes of advice via Skype.
Same willingness for 15mins. I know a lot about relationships, enlightenment, management, learning, and psychology. Pm me.
Just an example though.
The point is that the example doesn’t work. If you think there’s something to the point you are making it would make sense to provide an example that does.
Given that you broad the example it also suggests that your mental model of when advice is given might need updating.
I thought generating examples would be trivial.
Someone cooks for another, instead of not doing that. Net social capital increased. Right?