Venkatesh Rao@vgrOuchQuote TweetRobin Hanson@robinhanson·Dec 17, 2015"middle-status individuals were less creative than either high-status or low-status individuals" http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/109/4/589/…12:11 AM · Dec 17, 20151 Retweet1 Like
Jules Pitt@PittLabs·Dec 17, 2015Replying to @turrible_tao@Seal_Dealer @vgr Doesn't this mechanism mean the low-status people could have been produced from middle status people who were creative?1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 17, 2015Replying to @PittLabs@PittLabs @Seal_Dealer Classic example being middle-class "troubled" kid dropping out to be a musician/artist in low-status waiter stratus1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 17, 2015Replying to @turrible_tao@Seal_Dealer I suspect creativity determines status level you stabilize at, not the other way around