Re:The problem with ‘follow your dream’
by haihaibye on Saturday May 22, 2021 @06:29PM
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> an individual is
An individual is a highly social primate that saw reproductive gains from status (for both sexes) during its evolutionary history.
With status being 'cash in the bank' for so many desired things including security and mating success, why wouldn't accumulating enough of it be an end goal, at least in the mind of an individual?
Doesn't your theory predict that as people get richer/more secure they'd care less about social status? I tend to see the opposite, and people care very much about relative vs absolute wealth a lot.
An individual is a highly social primate that saw reproductive gains from status (for both sexes) during its evolutionary history.
With status being 'cash in the bank' for so many desired things including security and mating success, why wouldn't accumulating enough of it be an end goal, at least in the mind of an individual?
Doesn't your theory predict that as people get richer/more secure they'd care less about social status? I tend to see the opposite, and people care very much about relative vs absolute wealth a lot.