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Comment author: cousin_it 16 May 2011 12:35:39PM 3 points [-]

Are most Less Wrong readers already aware of the theory that self-esteem is the way the calculation of status feels from the inside, or is that worth another post?

Why did I only stumble across this sentence two years after you wrote it?! It would've come in handy in the meanwhile, you know =) It will definitely come in handy now. Thanks!

Comment author: wedrifid 16 May 2011 12:55:36PM 0 points [-]

Did Yvain end up writing said post? That theory is approximately how I model self-esteem and it serves me well but I haven't seen what a formal theory on the subject looks like.

Comment author: Yvain 16 May 2011 12:59:15PM *  4 points [-]

http://lesswrong.com/lw/1kr/that_other_kind_of_status/ involves that idea; for the formal theory, Google "sociometer".

Comment author: wedrifid 16 May 2011 01:33:18PM 0 points [-]

sociometer

Thanks!

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