XFrequentist comments on Social status hacks from The Improv Wiki - Less Wrong

41 Post author: lsparrish 21 March 2012 02:56AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 21 March 2012 11:44:04AM 19 points [-]

I have to concur and further emphasize that the most impressive people aren't those that rigidly lock themselves into the high status mode in every transaction. Sure, being limited to only high status moves is better (for most people in circumstances we are familiar with) than being limited to only low status moves but being able to use either as the situation arises is far more useful. And I don't just mean being able to submit to the more powerful, for all that is useful.

Comment author: XFrequentist 23 March 2012 06:06:09PM *  5 points [-]

(This and the grandparent strike me as quite important and counter a very deep unstated assumption in most every discussion of status I've seen on LW. I think that this is top level post material!)