Kevin Simler

@KevinSimler blog prompt: in large hierarchy are there qualitative diffs as you 'scale' from dominance/prestige "startup" to "billionaire"?

ie is status payoff for being in the status-1% of a 7 billion person pyramid (earth) diff from 300 mill (US), 6m (bay area) etc

What are your thoughts? My sense is that yes, there are qualitative differences — mostly continuous, w/ a phase change here and there.

For example, being the "it girl" of the moment seems qualitatively different even from being a major A-list celebrity.

Another one probably comes from being recognized on the street by strangers who then approach you.

None of these "phase changes" seem inherent to the status game, though, but rather exist due to features of the environment.

E.g., only so many people can achieve global brand recognition, there are only so many magazine covers in any one week, etc.