In practice (not ideology), what in your experience do you have to do, to be seen as human by somebody very unlike you?
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IMO cultural Schelling points that are domain-specific memes are great hooks (I often get a "how do you know about that?" and a smile)
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What you're pointing out is not about size of gap so much as power gradient direction (uphill or downhill relative to local 'normal human')
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Semantics perhaps, but it seems like a qualitatively different attribute of a gap than other aspects
all the usual basic social identity ones: race, gender, age, sexual identity, ethnicity, language, physical appearance...
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power distance is usually a function of all those things and the context of the interaction rather than a fundamental variable
Sure, but they are not primarily about power. For eg 2 languages may have no meaningful power distance but still cause communication issues
It's not about separation. It's about independent vs dependent variables. Power is a function of language, but not the other way round
I don't think you're following me. I am making a mathematical point rather than a political one. Not important though.
My point is you can't directly measure power the way you can skin tone for eg. And it can change by context, so not fundamental in my model.
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