HI Steeven, Regarding this point: "If you are a prominent member of the Effective Altruism community for example, the incidental effects of your status jockeying are much better. Since you are judged by the amount of good you do in the world, you can gain respect by donating more money, or reducing global risk of everyone dying."
I have often thought exactly this: That humans are not innately selfish; we weren't designed by evolution to seek money and material possions, but we were designed to seek status and obery cultural norms. So the solution to a happier society is to confer status on those who do the most for others.
HI Steeven, Regarding this point: "If you are a prominent member of the Effective Altruism community for example, the incidental effects of your status jockeying are much better. Since you are judged by the amount of good you do in the world, you can gain respect by donating more money, or reducing global risk of everyone dying."
I have often thought exactly this: That humans are not innately selfish; we weren't designed by evolution to seek money and material possions, but we were designed to seek status and obery cultural norms. So the solution to a happier society is to confer status on those who do the most for others.