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#556 - Rob Henderson - How Men Compete For Status

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You're Optimizing for Survival Over Prestige or Status

In fights where one person is clearly bigger than the other, I've noticed that people are more lenient as far as how harshly they'll judge the smaller combatants. And so, yeah, on the one hand, you're optimizing for survival over prestige or status. But at the same time, depending on the context, it begins someone who's much larger than you and you still manage to prevail. You know, even if you've bent the rules a little bit, it's still like, okay, that was still impressive regardless.

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