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> "management of other people" is a key determinant of social status in some places That's because control of other people is the primary status marker in much
by __derek__ 10y ago
> "management of other people" is a key determinant of social status in some places
That's because control of other people is the primary status marker in much of the US.
- jerf 10y agoControl over others of their species is a primary status marker in mammals. Even calling that a "human" trait is being waaaay too specific.
- __derek__ 10y agoGiven that I responded to a comment about social status among people in the US South, it would be odd if I said that. While true, it fails to be specific enough to be relevant.[1] [1] Grice's maxims, which I find helpful for gauging my contributions to conversations: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/dravling/grice.html https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/dravling/grice.html
- kevinskii 10y agoYour comment suggested (probably unintentionally) that this characteristic is somewhat unique to U.S. culture. jerf's comment was therefore relevant.
- webmaven 10y agoThe disciplines emerging around mediated control of people through UX, copywriting, transactional email, algorithmic filtering, etc. (from garden variety A/B testing on through Facebook's emotional control experiment and beyond) prompt me to wonder whether that sort of less direct control of people will accrue status as well.