"status is often seen as an attractive trait and typically comes with more opportunities for extramarital encounters...Men in high-prestige occupations—think CEOs, physicians and surgeons—are more likely than others to have cheated on their spouse." ifstudies.org/blog/men-with-…
Optimal status signaling for those at the top
'money doesn't matter' if you're rich
'looks don't matter' if you're hot
'grades don't matter' if you're at an Ivy League school
Optimal status signaling for those at the top
'money doesn't matter' if you're rich
'looks don't matter' if you're hot
'grades don't matter' if you're at an Ivy League school
One of the unique categories of status signalling involves attacking/challenging/critiquing others (or, conversely, helping/mentoring/supporting). The behavior is a claim to superiority/equality. Activism and attacking others falls into this category. Its a status bid in the…
One of the unique categories of status signalling involves attacking/challenging/critiquing others (or, conversely, helping/mentoring/supporting). The behavior is a claim to superiority/equality. Activism and attacking others falls into this category. Its a status bid in the…
Many people mistakenly think that the main battles in society are between the haves and the have-nots. But what’s really happening is that the haves are trying to seize money, resources, and status from the have-mores—and they disguise this motive as concern for the have-nots.…
This oblivious article by Science REALLY gets at the self-handicaping, elite nature of going for a PhD...
"take your time, you don't need the money so no need to rush" - It implies this without directly saying it.
PhDs in the social sciences / mgmt today are a self handicaping…
This oblivious article by Science REALLY gets at the self-handicaping, elite nature of going for a PhD...
"take your time, you don't need the money so no need to rush" - It implies this without directly saying it.
PhDs in the social sciences / mgmt today are a self handicaping…
St Tropez is a port in southern France where ultra rich congregate - driven by desire to shop, eat, & peacock amongst peers - they are made miserable through social comparison...
The town during tourist season contains a curious mix of old money europeans, oil money gulfies,…
At the highest levels, power doesn't want the status... why? Because it brings attention & scrutiny, and then you can't exercise your power.
Those who are powerful and high in status don't enjoy the power. Those who are powerful but are unknown can do whatever they want.
For anyone curious on theater vernacular, the 'Bouffon' is a subgenre of clown whose persona is to mock, toy with, & mess w/ the audience.
Where as a clown is characterised by ignorance, the Bouffon is notable for knowledge & manipulation.
This tactic falls into the realm of…
Advanced tip on how to GAIN STATUS VERY fast as an unknown...
Step 1: identify your in-group messaging...
What are their values, main points, big picture goals/ concerns, etc.
Step 2: Identify the biggest enemy/out-group
The more powerful the better! What do they hate about…
I have a lot of former colleagues, friends, and acquaintances that hold positions at prestigious universities, in many fields. The one thing that unifies them is how much they read, write, and speak about helping the poor and how little they do it themselves. Their entire lives…
Victim-bragging is in the transcendent category of status signaling. It only "works" to increase status for those already higher in status.
In the same way that failure brags, authenticity/norm violation brags, autism brags, etc...
If you're lowly and claiming to be a…
Victim-bragging is in the transcendent category of status signaling. It only "works" to increase status for those already higher in status.
In the same way that failure brags, authenticity/norm violation brags, autism brags, etc...
If you're lowly and claiming to be a…
"interventions don’t work at all: no improvement in mental health symptoms, either immediately after the course of lessons or later down the line. In fact, some studies have found that universal mental-health lessons actually make things worse." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
For comparison, here's another post on the SAME ARTICLE that uses more comprehensible graphs to communicate...
Not brain photos for non-brain people audiences!
32 Followers 214 FollowingProud mom, living with a purpose!
Watches and Jewelry Connoisseurs.
Icons On The Wrist 📕 Publisher
Icons Of Jewelry 💎⌚ 📚 Publisher
2K Followers 4K FollowingExploring how #Education and #Technology can make #Entrepreneurship both #inclusive and #impact -ful ! @tes_rtr Cofounder @trevizxyz @SustainBTH alumnus
1K Followers 4K FollowingCitoyen engagé politiquement pour l'instauration de la Démocratie Directe en dehors des partis politiques. Les politicards et révolutionnaires de salon, Basta.
4K Followers 6K FollowingEnvoyez vos questions sur l'Islam en message privé,
je les enverrai à mon professeur😊
https://t.co/q1N68OMCeT
https://t.co/TGQhMM8rOY
AllahummaSalli'AlaMuhammadﷺ
4K Followers 5K FollowingNacido en Ibagué. (Mal)críada en la Ciudadela Colsubsidio (Bogotá). Educado en Parque Las Palmas (Bucaramanga) Residenta en París (Natalia) y París (Texas).
2K Followers 6K FollowingLa Vérité est aussi indispensable à l'intelligence
que l'oxygène aux poumons et au corps tout entier.
"L'amour trouve ... sa joie dans la vérité. " I Co 13:5
516 Followers 5K FollowingI'm more talking to C̶l̶a̶u̶d̶e̶ Deepkseek than my wife (update : single now). Currently building @nothing but 2025 is My yeaRR.
25K Followers 563 FollowingHarvard Professor in The Dept. of Human Evolutionary Biology. Books: The Secret of Our Success & The WEIRDest People in World. Tweets r my own.
93K Followers 567 FollowingPsychologist who studies and writes about human nature—including morality, pleasure, and religion
(Artwork by MK Wynn: https://t.co/HLDAJgvYmE)
102K Followers 2K FollowingFollow for posts about GitHub repos, DSPy, and agents
Subscribe for top posts
DM to share your AI project (Due to volume of DMs I'll prioritize subscribers)
192K Followers 107 FollowingWe're sharing/showcasing best of @github projects/repos. Follow to stay in loop. Promoting Open-Source Contributions. UNOFFICIAL, but followed by github
12K Followers 907 FollowingDepartment Head, Psychological Sciences, Kansas State University. Tweets my own & are science communications not endorsements of specific views/findings.
795 Followers 508 FollowingPodcast on the science of how people are different from one another, where these differences come from, how they develop, and why they matter.
231K Followers 225 FollowingPsychology, evolution, science. Author of "A Billion Years of Sex Differences" (2026) and "The Ape That Understood the Universe" (2018).
5K Followers 6K FollowingKnowledge would have little allure if we did not have to overcome so much shame on the way to acquiring it. -Nietzsche
(@robsica.bsky.social)
2K Followers 2K Following🦚🦚 Research/write on/ celebrate status signals & showing off 🦚🦚
Lover of charlatans, shamans, & charade in management, investing, & research
6.2M Followers 2K FollowingBest-Selling Author | Clinical Psychologist | #1 Education Podcast | Co-founder of @petersonacademy | Order my new book "We Who Wrestle With God" here:
2K Followers 229 FollowingArena Returns est un projet par des fans, pour des fans dont le but est de relancer le jeu Dofus Arena.
https://t.co/ExonEGAaRt
22K Followers 602 FollowingOxford grad studying mating. "Macken Murphy is able to condense vast chunks of information into engaging and digestible episodes." - @NYTimes
5K Followers 1K FollowingSYNS, the Society of Young Network Scientists, is now NetPlace! To stay up to date follow @netplace_semi or https://t.co/iIx0JoMsu5
586 Followers 413 Followingsocial scientist @sangerinstitute and research associate @campubhealth
Invisible Rivals is out now with @yalepress
mostly inactive here
3K Followers 1K FollowingTopology, complex networks, neuroscience; Professor @NUnetsi; PI @NPLab_; PI @ProjectCETI @CentaiInstitute; Angoleiro and wine-drinker by passion.
954K Followers 765 FollowingProfessor at NYU. Chief AI Scientist at Meta.
Researcher in AI, Machine Learning, Robotics, etc.
ACM Turing Award Laureate.
6K Followers 1K FollowingKellogg Chair of Technology at Kellogg, Founding director, Center for Science of Science and Innovation, Northwestern University
36K Followers 749 FollowingChercheur pop. Expert en #fouloscopie – science du comportement des foules – à l’institut Max Planck. Vulgarisateur sur YouTube. https://t.co/IUW9g83WAJ
1K Followers 74 FollowingAuthor of Change, How to Make Big Things Happen.
Social Scientist and Professor at UPenn.
Unraveling social network dynamics for positive change.
21K Followers 901 FollowingSunday Times bestselling author, as seen on The Joe Rogan Experience, Diary of a CEO and more
New book: A STORY IS A DEAL
https://t.co/0av5SzA4tU
177K Followers 808 FollowingBest-selling author of "Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class" | Senior Fellow, @ManhattanInst | All Views My Own