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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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I'm of course one of the exceptions, one of the good-looking types among those who have retreated behind the curtain of the workforce. Also, this behind the curtain/in front of the curtain is a nice orthogonality to above/below the API. 2x2 incoming.
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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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In the last recession, someone came up with the "Hot Shop-girl Index" as an indirect measure of unemployment. I countered with the "number of PBK keys for sale on eBay Index."