#Neurobullshit never goes away and can be effective for a befuddling display to one's audience. Anytime someone shows you a photo of a brain, if you're not a neuroscientist, you have to ask 'why?'.... It's clearly not for your comprehension... And if THEY'RE also not a

For comparison, here's another post on the SAME ARTICLE that uses more comprehensible graphs to communicate... Not brain photos for non-brain people audiences!

"interventions don’t work at all: no improvement in mental health symptoms, either immediately after the course of lessons or later down the line. In fact, some studies have found that universal mental-health lessons actually make things worse." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I've written about how the @columbia protestor couldn't buy better advertising than being arrested, and here he is on the front of the WSJ!

Victim-bragging is in the transcendent category of status signaling. It only "works" to increase status for those already higher in status. In the same way that failure brags, authenticity/norm violation brags, autism brags, etc... If you're lowly and claiming to be a

I have a lot of former colleagues, friends, and acquaintances that hold positions at prestigious universities, in many fields. The one thing that unifies them is how much they read, write, and speak about helping the poor and how little they do it themselves. Their entire lives

Advanced tip on how to GAIN STATUS VERY fast as an unknown... Step 1: identify your in-group messaging... What are their values, main points, big picture goals/ concerns, etc. Step 2: Identify the biggest enemy/out-group The more powerful the better! What do they hate about

For anyone curious on theater vernacular, the 'Bouffon' is a subgenre of clown whose persona is to mock, toy with, & mess w/ the audience. Where as a clown is characterised by ignorance, the Bouffon is notable for knowledge & manipulation. This tactic falls into the realm of

At the highest levels, power doesn't want the status... why? Because it brings attention & scrutiny, and then you can't exercise your power. Those who are powerful and high in status don't enjoy the power. Those who are powerful but are unknown can do whatever they want.

St Tropez is a port in southern France where ultra rich congregate - driven by desire to shop, eat, & peacock amongst peers - they are made miserable through social comparison... The town during tourist season contains a curious mix of old money europeans, oil money gulfies,

This oblivious article by Science REALLY gets at the self-handicaping, elite nature of going for a PhD... "take your time, you don't need the money so no need to rush" - It implies this without directly saying it. PhDs in the social sciences / mgmt today are a self handicaping

Many people mistakenly think that the main battles in society are between the haves and the have-nots. But what’s really happening is that the haves are trying to seize money, resources, and status from the have-mores—and they disguise this motive as concern for the have-nots.

One of the unique categories of status signalling involves attacking/challenging/critiquing others (or, conversely, helping/mentoring/supporting). The behavior is a claim to superiority/equality. Activism and attacking others falls into this category. Its a status bid in the

Optimal status signaling for those at the top 'money doesn't matter' if you're rich 'looks don't matter' if you're hot 'grades don't matter' if you're at an Ivy League school

Hey Elon Musk it would be great if we could ask grok about our feed like notebookLM but for the posts that are pinned