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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that one is actually awkward. Has actually happened to me 4 times in various Seattle cafes, pleasant, but net-negative utility
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I feel for you. I've been with a friend who was approached, and it was alarming (for me) to lose privacy/anonymity so abruptly.
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yeah, I was meeting someone at last incident and I could see they were a little put off. Actual celebs handle 10s/day, not 1/yr
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