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ChristianKl comments on Open Thread, Apr. 20 - Apr. 26, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 20 April 2015 05:39:12PM 0 points [-]

And thus we may respect scary dominant people.

That's respect that leads to avoiding conflicts with those people. On the other hand we usually don't build relationships with them that are about exchanging favors.

Comment author: [deleted] 20 April 2015 05:59:59PM 0 points [-]

Is status about favor exchange? I really would like a definition of what status is and isn't. My go-to definition is that it is about being "big". This is primitive, but that is the whole point, it has to be.

Comment author: ChristianKl 20 April 2015 09:36:32PM 0 points [-]

Status is about access to resources and control for resources. A person who gets favors from other people can access more resources.

Having the ability to physically beat up a doctor isn't likely to give you any preferential treatment from the doctors. Other forms of social status do.