Juraj on Knowingless

“My favorite way to conceive of status is having what other people want. The more you have what other people want, the higher status you are.” However, this definition misses the status that comes with being able to impose on people something they don’t want (dominance status). My definition of status - the potential to influence the behavior of others - includes both of these ways: “Fitness is determined by the ability to attract quality mates, to form alliances and coalitions, and to gain deference from non-allies. Key to all of this is the individual’s potential to influence the behavior of others. is how I define status. Status in human societies can be obtained in two ways. Dominance – by subduing others – using force or the threat of force – and prestige – by changing the behavior of others through awe, and the expectation of benefits to be gained by deferring... Prestige and dominance are two different strategies with the same goal – to maximize status. In economics, individuals maximize their ability to influence the behavior of others who are valuable to their goals.“ https://www.jurajkarpis.com/moneyisstatusmemory/