Everything Studies

created 2020-12-16 · edited 2020-12-16 · open in Roam

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there's a section of this Everything Studies post (variation 6: hierarchies) that does a similar job of noting that these two kinds of power are inseparable
- everythingstudies.com/2020/12/16/variations-on-the-tilted-political-co…
- and also adds
  - > I wonder if there isn’t another kind of status that Simler overlooked: connection status. That is, the sort of status that comes from being well-liked by many people, and by people who are well-liked themselves, i.e. a kind of social network centrality (or “popularity”, as it’s called…). It’s not the same as prestige, because it’s not so much a matter of being impressive; it can be had by just being friendly, personable and a joy to be around. I know plenty of such people, and it too can be turned into power, just like prestige can.