Sithlord_Bayesian comments on To what degree do you model people as agents? - Less Wrong

34 Post author: Swimmer963 25 August 2013 07:29PM

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Comment author: Sithlord_Bayesian 27 August 2013 05:12:32AM 0 points [-]

So, you (Swimmer963) think of agenty people as being those who:

  1. Are reliable
  2. Are skilled (in areas you are less familiar with)
  3. Act deliberately, especially for their own interest

It is interesting that all three of these behaviors seem to be high status behaviors. So, my question is this: does high status make someone seem more agenty to you? Could sufficiently high status be a sufficient condition for someone being "agenty"?

Comment author: pwno 28 August 2013 06:45:00PM 2 points [-]

Reliable/predictable isn't high status.