Kaj_Sotala comments on Levels of communication - Less Wrong
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Interesting to say that having an unusual medical problem raises someone's status. It sounds intuitively right, but I don't think any theory of status discussed here so far quite covers it.
Incidentally, I recommend that people interested in the topic of status read the entire linked chapter. It contains rather interesting insights.
It's actually an excerpt - 1/4 of the chapter entire. (Just got the book from Amazon yesterday, going through it to research the topic.)
Yeah, that's true. I have the entire book, and started thinking about writing a summary of that whole chapter to be posted here. Maybe in a few days.
I've been working on something along those lines as well. Let me know if you'd like to coordinate, or trade notes, or just each do our own thing.
I haven't really gotten started, so if you've already began working on it, I'll probably just let you handle it - I have some other things I should be posting on, too. :)