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# The Silent Dominance Battles of Twenty Somethings
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202212270339/
- Published: 2023-01-28T23:29:11.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-28T23:29:11.000Z
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: game-theory

> Pride leads to arrogance and then away from humility and connection with their fellow man. You don’t have to be Christian to see the wisdom in this. **You need only to care about your career to understand that pride—even in real accomplishments—is a distraction and a deluder**. ([Location 1017](https://readwise.io/to%5Fkindle?action=open&asin=B015NTIXWE&location=1017&ref=bramadams.dev))

When catching up with people you haven't seen in a while, the desire is high to immediately jump into conveying the most braggadocios news about yourself since you have last seen the person.[\[1\]](#fn1)

Amongst type-A American millennials, the re-sync is the prime opportunity to enter a non verbal tourney with your peer, to puff your chest out and compare size through success or failure.

> Are you still living at home with your parents?

> Did you get that promotion?

> How's your girlfriend doing?

> I'm sorry to hear about…

> When did you move to …? What's your rent?

A human version of the chimpanzee dominance display.

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In fact, when I've tried to avoid discussing myself for experiment or out of a desire to avoid the spotlight, it seems to come off as rude. [↩︎](#fnref1)