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Status Is The Game Of The Losers' Bracket — LessWrong

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This post is written as a series of little thoughts and vignettes, all trying to gesture at the same idea. The hope is to convey the gestalt. …

x Status Is The Game Of The Losers' Bracket — LessWrong World Modeling Frontpage 94 Status Is The Game Of The Losers' Bracket by johnswentworth 18th Nov 2025 5 min read 48 94 This post is written as a series of little thoughts and vignettes, all trying to gesture at the same idea. The hope is to convey the gestalt. Consider the game of middle management, of climbing the hierarchy at a big company. The status games, the simulacrum 3/4 games , the politics, the moral mazes , all that jazz. Then, open up Forbes’ list of N richest people, and count how many of them got on that list by climbing the

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