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I don’t believe social capital or track record capital—more sensibly known as _achievements_—are zero-sum games. If I create a new product (an achievement) what
by olliesaunders 15y ago
I don’t believe social capital or track record capital—more sensibly known as _achievements_—are zero-sum games. If I create a new product (an achievement) what does that take away from anyone else? And, if social capital was really zero-sum you wouldn’t suffer by never socializing.
- argv_empty 15y agoIf I create a new product (an achievement) what does that take away from anyone else? Attention.
- olliesaunders 15y agoIt could be left unpublished. Most things people create aren’t released. If you don’t like that example, pick another: learning a programming language. What is lost by me learning a new programming language? It takes time for me of course but that time would have passed anyway.
- argv_empty 15y agoYou don't get social/track record capital for things nobody else knows about.
- olliesaunders 15y agoI beg to differ, you still get experience
- coryl 15y agoAttention doesn't automatically default to the next product should a superior product not exist. Any product worth seeing/writing about/using has to be attention worthy enough in the first place, and then competes with other products for attention. Just like if two hot dog stands compete on the same street and one leaves. If the remaining hot dog vendor produces the ugliest nastiest worst tasting hot dogs, he does not capture the rest of the market afforded by the absence of a competitor. But if they were the two best hot dogs stands in the city, people flock to them and their market size actually grows.
- argv_empty 15y agoAttention doesn't automatically default to the next product should a superior product not exist. It doesn't have to. Yes, an endeavor may fail to capture any attention, but in that case, it hasn't gained the person any social/track record capital.
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