my current thinking is that a balanced structure of practical activity and consciously maintained delusion is how this is addressed; the problem is it would appear to be impossible to propagate this idea while propagating good judgment about what delusions to have along with it
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...I think this probably very hackable at the level of small groups. I think we made a very bad call in trying to use compulsory education to create maximally universal human cogs. A person with specific interests or a problem they care about automatically has a "small pond"
In a healthy "small pond," status can accrue in a non-pyramid-schemey sort of way because experience with the field or problem allows you to mentor newcomers and gain it that way, while also creating real-world progress and actually enjoying yourself
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Status will always accrue at different rates, and hierarchies will emerge, but this is broadly okay as long as you are on a generally upward trajectory as a result of having something to pass on and someone to pass it on to. But we've created very poor institutions for this
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