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The convention of influence

Somehow I missed this a few weeks ago on Marginal Revolution: Do influential people develop more conventional opinions?

1. People "sell out" to become more influential.

2. As people become more influential, they are less interested in offending their new status quo-oriented friends.

3. As people become more influential, their opinion of the status quo rises, because they see it rewarding them and thus meritorious.

By Jason Kottke    Apr 3, 2009 at 01:06 pm    Tyler Cowen

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