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I remember reading a study recently about the health aspects of power disparity. It concluded hierarchical social structures impose significant physical and men

• RobertoG 11y ago
  An interesting observation related to this is posture. The posture that show higher status, straight back, looking to the front and not down, relaxed muscles, etc.. need less energy and is better for your health. Another interesting though is how good food makes you bigger an taller. So, however is low in the hierarchy, is always less strong and in worst shape, what makes them to get less food, and so on.. It's easy to see how a feedback of this kind begins. Of course, all this is carry on to the next generation by several dynamics. I try to remember all this when I hear how some communities are hopeless or just 'don't want to work'.
• sawwit 11y ago
  On the other hand, in my experience absolute equality can also result in stressful situations because of things like diffusion of responsibility and communication difficulties. Sometimes it's just more efficient to outsource decisions to decision makers rather than worryig about them yourself. I think the Goldilocks principle applies here.
• tdaltonc 11y ago
  You're probably thinking of the Whitehall Study[0]. There's a more recent study about how being the person at the top can be really stressful too[1]. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall_Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall_Study [1] http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6424 http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6424
• ryankuykendall 11y ago
  Was it the Whitehall Study: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall_Study https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall_Study