Caspian comments on The many faces of status - Less Wrong

39 Post author: Morendil 15 April 2010 03:31PM

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Comment author: Caspian 16 April 2010 04:12:03PM 1 point [-]

"status as the ability to control the group"

Since I haven't seen anyone say it explicitly, this type of status is not zero sum. Members of a cooperative group have more ability to influence it then members of an uncooperative group or members of a group lacking confidence to propose actions.