Won’t somebody think of the children?

The bottom rung of the status ladder

February 5, 2024 — February 24, 2024

cooperation
culture
economics
ethics
evolution
incentive mechanisms
mind
social graph
utility
wonk
Figure 1

TODO: write about children’s special position on the status ladder and the interesting role that causes them to play in modern rhetoric.

Lovejoy’s Law

cf Growing up.

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