"status" occurs 63 times in this 1900 word article. "game" occurs 12 times, "capital" 4 times. may as well call these things "status games". whatever a16z is co

"status" occurs 63 times in this 1900 word article. "game" occurs 12 times, "capital" 4 times. may as well call these things "status games". whatever a16z is cooking up this time, there's no way in hell it will resemble or is even designed to resemble anything the ordinary human would encounter (or desire) in their day-to-day social life. hell, they bring up the gini coefficient not once but twice. how the fuck is this relevant to a person's social life? if you're looking for a way to balance a social network, look no further than Dunbar's number: actual social networks are naturally somewhat egalitarian (moreso than the stuff a16z is discussing at least) -- as soon as you stop thinking of them in terms of some hierarchy meant to be gamed.