9/18/2006

1340 Status Notes

Status – Amplifies you, makes you bigger
Kinds
How far people will go
Pain v. humiliation

Risk death for status
Anorexia/Bulemia
Meth
Skinny

Know your audience
Status rewards have to match rewards they are seeking
Serbia—cell phones
Legacy—seats in Capital Theater

How to give status cheaply
Cheesy titles—earth warrior, friend of earth

Inexpensive items – military medals
Get greater sacrifice
Examples from class
Associate with someone with high status
Thank you letter from Charlton Hesston
Celebrities speaking for them
LiveStrong armbands
Power is ultimate aphrodisiac
Donald Trump

Authority figures

Suicide terrorism
Promised rewards
Witnesses of the strength of the faith
Once selected, novices cannot speak to you
Celebrated in village “funeral”

Status gives social rewards—especially cooperation from others
Reciprocal relationships