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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Another one probably comes from being recognized on the street by strangers who then approach you.
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None of these "phase changes" seem inherent to the status game, though, but rather exist due to features of the environment.
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E.g., only so many people can achieve global brand recognition, there are only so many magazine covers in any one week, etc.
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I'm interested in changes in psyche induced by the changes in environment at higher altitudes of status pyramid
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One I think is general hardening/lowering of empathy, very strongly. High status in big hierarchy makes you a sociopath a bit
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One change might be the recognition that more of your actions are being watched. (These are all continuous vars though...)
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