2019-03-06 UTC
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[tantek] so I think the paper is flawed. or rather optimistic. if *only* people were actually seeking status we'd all be in much better shape. instead there's a much simpler model which in the short term looks like status (but isn't). dopamine addiction. only explanation for why they don't actually care about longterm accumulation of status - because they seem to only "care" about shortterm status, which happens to be a side-effect of maximizing short term