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monkeysphere benefits
2009-Mar-05, Thursday 08:44 amI mentioned a while ago the concept of the monkeysphere, the number of people (limited by the hardwiring of our brains) that we can intensely care about. In a related concept, researchers are finding that having friends improves your bank balance. A Wisconsin Longitudinal Study looked at a 35-year history for about 1,100 males who had answered surveys about high school friendships.
So... it's not what you can do, it's who you know. This work confirms the suspicions declared more than once over the years in the adult asperger support group that I've attended. So, what does this study's conclusion have to say about the fact that I earned $13,644 in 2008? (Other than the fact that I'm sometimes good at estimating.) *laugh* It's a crazy mixed-up world, alright.
It's stuff like this, in my opinion, that contributes to the stupidity of our financial and political realities. The monkeys just encourage each other about how correct they are. As long as the plundered riches of the earth can support the lie, they'll keep treating money (and political views) like baseball trading cards. They're valuable because we encourage each other to believe they're valuable. The more hype we create amongst ourselves, the more valuable they become.
The crash of this unsustainable system can't come soon enough for my tastes.
"One additional friendship nomination in high school is associated with a 2 percent higher wage 35 years later. This is roughly equivalent to almost half the gain from an extra year of education. Shifting somebody from the bottom fifth to the top fifth of the school popularity distribution - in other words, turning a social reject into a star - would be predicted to yield him a 10 percent wage advantage. This work emphasizes the critical importance of the early development of social skills alongside the cognitive and productive skills as a basis for economic success in adult life."
http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/publications/working-papers/iser/2009-03.pdf
http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/publications/working-papers/iser/2009-03.pdf
So... it's not what you can do, it's who you know. This work confirms the suspicions declared more than once over the years in the adult asperger support group that I've attended. So, what does this study's conclusion have to say about the fact that I earned $13,644 in 2008? (Other than the fact that I'm sometimes good at estimating.) *laugh* It's a crazy mixed-up world, alright.
It's stuff like this, in my opinion, that contributes to the stupidity of our financial and political realities. The monkeys just encourage each other about how correct they are. As long as the plundered riches of the earth can support the lie, they'll keep treating money (and political views) like baseball trading cards. They're valuable because we encourage each other to believe they're valuable. The more hype we create amongst ourselves, the more valuable they become.
The crash of this unsustainable system can't come soon enough for my tastes.