Category Archives: Status

The Middle Class and Striver Class Divide

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Luke Ford

Aaron Renn writes: Being striver class is about the desire to move up in the world. There are material aspects to that, but also the key element of social status. The striver wants to get into the right schools, to … Continue reading →

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This is why you’re not popular

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Luke Ford
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Decoding Destiny aka Steve Bonnell (4-21-24)

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 The craft of writing effectively, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM09:00 Life usually runs on hierarchy, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15365411:00 WP: A team of bitter rivals is making Israel’s most crucial war decisions, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/a-team-of-bitter-rivals-is-making-israel-s-most-crucial-war-decisions/ar-AA1nlcR412:00 Decoding Destiny, https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus/14:00 Reviewing the key moments from the Destiny VS. Jordan Peterson … Continue reading →

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High Status Tastes

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Luke Ford

From the new paper “Genres, Objects, and the Contemporary Expression of Higher-Status Tastes”: Individuals are deemed to be higher status when they have the following characteristics: a high level of childhood exposure to the arts, a graduate degree, one standard … Continue reading →

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Trickle-Round Signals: When Low Status Is Mixed with High

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Luke Ford

From The Journal of Consumer Research: * While high-status individuals can afford to depart from the norms without penalties because of their blanket social acceptance, middle-status individuals are more concerned because their position is less certain (Feshbach 1967; Hollander 1958; … Continue reading →

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