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- Status is subjective and depends on the observer, not a universal scale.
- Different status hierarchies exist: societal average, peer-recognized (PageRank-like), pyramidal (corporate/military), influencer-follower, and high-agency tech-adjacent.
- The author values a hierarchy based on interesting skills and projects, where status is determined by mutual recognition among peers.
- Alignment of status with virtue is important; generating and applying knowledge is considered virtuous, while luxury goods and religious communities also align status with virtue to varying degrees.
- The conclusion encourages identifying personal virtue and aligning one's status hierarchy accordingly.