An odd thing I've noticed as flexwork/remote work has grown (both for employees and via gigwork) is that people "left behind" working out of actual offices are on average more attractive than ones who've vanished "behind the curtain" so to speak. Turchin sensate/ideational split?
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Edit, I meant Pitrim Sorokin, not Peter Turchin. Ideational, Sensate, Idealistic is his 3-way distinction and doesn't really map to this appearances/substance divide, but it rhymes in my head. The US is a highly appearances based sensate culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitirim_Sorokin …
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Also recall reading some research somewhere that indicated that in times of high inequality, women tend to dress more attractively or something. Presumably some men too, trading on looks.
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I think we're at the extreme pendulum swing on this and it will rapidly reverse in the next decade. Signaling with beauty will become an "indoor" thing and leave more public contexts. All public appearances will go bland/grey/functional.
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anecdotally, I've only gotten better since leaving full-time because remote work allows far more gym / outdoor flexibility. no one to impress, but, feelin' good either way
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increasingly those left behind as full employees also have on-site gyms and stuff (googleplex etc)
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