erratio comments on Status - is it what we think it is? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stefan_Schubert 01 April 2015 12:07:37AM 1 point [-]

Very nice and illuminating conceptual analysis. Thanks!

These people who don't like to be in charge, what are they like, according to you and/or Johnstone? Less confident or just less ambitious? More commonly women, perhaps? I don't have a very clear model of their psychology.

Comment author: erratio 02 April 2015 06:16:02PM 1 point [-]

For me, the enjoyment of getting to do things my way and having other people look up to me is outweighed by the stress of being responsible for getting it right, for all but the very smallest groups