NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread, October 16-31, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 19 October 2012 01:48:41AM 0 points [-]

Gregory Bateson wrote something about the relationship between status and some behaviors being dependent on culture. For example, the Czar would be watching the peasant children dance, but the Queen of England is waving to the crowd.