blog prompt: in large hierarchy are there qualitative diffs as you 'scale' from dominance/prestige "startup" to "billionaire"?
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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
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What are your thoughts? My sense is that yes, there are qualitative differences — mostly continuous, w/ a phase change here and there.
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For example, being the "it girl" of the moment seems qualitatively different even from being a major A-list celebrity.
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personal evidence clue: same kind of social validation has diminishing value, and you need bigger hits as with drugs

