StRev comments on Is suicide high-status? - Less Wrong

9 Post author: Stabilizer 12 February 2013 09:41AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 12 February 2013 08:24:46PM *  3 points [-]

Hendrix wasn't a suicide. DFW got a surge of interest but arguably took a status hit as people wrote about what a terrible person he was.

On the other hand, there's some work that appears to show that suicide attempts not only seem to lead to income increases, but the increase correlates with the riskiness of the method. I don't have a cite handy but I can dig it up if desired.