Re:Review: A Counterfeit, $100 iPhone X
by lotsofpulp on Sunday November 08, 2020 @01:57PM
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It’s impossible to have perfect information about everyone and everything around you, so you use the information you have to make assumptions about whatever you need to.
If I’m hiring from a pile of 1,000 resumes, and I don’t have time to review each one and speak to everyone, I’ll use the applicant’s school selectivity as a proxy for the probability of that candidate being a good fit.
Everyone does it, to evaluate how threatening someone looks or how attracted they might be to you, or how much economic value they might present to you, etc.
How accurate the information you’re using to base the assumptions is, of course, subject to change and can be wrong many times. But owning expensive things is considered a clue that the owner has the ability to procure many other resources, which might be relevant for a woman looking for economic security.
If you’re in the US, you can also look up someone’s job title/employer/their house address and get an idea of their income/wealth more accurately than the phone they use, so it might seem nonsensical in the US.
If I’m hiring from a pile of 1,000 resumes, and I don’t have time to review each one and speak to everyone, I’ll use the applicant’s school selectivity as a proxy for the probability of that candidate being a good fit.
Everyone does it, to evaluate how threatening someone looks or how attracted they might be to you, or how much economic value they might present to you, etc.
How accurate the information you’re using to base the assumptions is, of course, subject to change and can be wrong many times. But owning expensive things is considered a clue that the owner has the ability to procure many other resources, which might be relevant for a woman looking for economic security.
If you’re in the US, you can also look up someone’s job title/employer/their house address and get an idea of their income/wealth more accurately than the phone they use, so it might seem nonsensical in the US.