There is a social-status related concept in psychology as well. it is implicitly assumed that hierarchy, seniority, and weatlth are linear functions of time. go

There is a social-status related concept in psychology as well. it is implicitly assumed that hierarchy, seniority, and weatlth are linear functions of time. going backward is a (rare) and thus high information datapoint. it is therefore, actively avoided. TLDR the consequences of actions are more complex.