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Ryan Landry's avatar

From a business perspective, how does one navigate around the complex conundrum of the federal government requiring us to hire incompetents under penalty of law? Keep it lean? Stay small, a safe distance from the fire?

John's avatar

How much of an effect does SSH have on your physical build? I'm not just talking about attractiveness, but height, muscle mass, face structure, etc. Like you can look at some gammas and immediately tell before they even open their mouth or by what they are wearing. Same with some alphas. But what could be a typical build for a bravo for example?

John's avatar

How do you tell the difference between a high delta and a bravo

Luke Sardis's avatar

@sigmagame

Will you watch this: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0106856/

and use it for an stack?

Heather's avatar

Can there be a low status sigma? A sigma who is great with women, is good at anything he tries but doesn’t have wealth?

Vox Day's avatar

Certainly. Wealth is not status. What you're describing there is a high-status poor guy. There are certainly no shortage of poor Alphas.

Baby Boy Bear's avatar

Does choosing to live a childfree lifestyle an indication of low SSH status or low value person?

Vox Day's avatar

Neither. Although one could argue such people are of low value to society, since they elect not to perpetrate it.

Skurruk's avatar

What effect do you think single sex education has on SSH status and development timeframes?

Balkan Yankee's avatar

Vox, you describe yourself as a high-value man and as a Sigma. How do you define high-value? And how does this concept overlap or complement the basic concept of Sigma and other SSH archetypes? Thanks.

Kelchier's avatar

What are the general weaknesses of deltas in alpha positions?

Neejo's avatar

Was it you or Big Bear who came up with ''secret king''?

Anonymoose's avatar

Hi Vox,

Stupid questions because sigma is rare enough that this isn’t helpful to most people/wives.

My husband is sigma, but with perhaps more alpha overlap than you personally. Longest he sustained situational alpha was running his company for seven years- then he sold it and moved to the far north, abandoning his whole team to literally go live in the woods and focus on the art that is his calling in life.

As we hit middle age, and marriage sand society around us is crumbling, people 10-20 years our juniors are looking up to him as if he is an alpha, and up to us as a couple, as an example of stability and community.

He wants to rise to that calling, but gets burned out and also wants to take our family away to literally an island off of an island in the woods and just focus on his/our missions.

As a wife, how can I support him in sustaining a situational-alpha role without going full-sigma and disappearing on everyone? As it is now, I am able to make space for him to leave town for mission critical solos for a week at a time 5-7 times a year and for a month 1-2 times a year. To the point that people who don’t see us interact daily (our families) ask if the marriage is ok. It is- and I’m introverted enough to enjoy the alone time this set up grants me.

But any further advice? There isn’t an alpha who will rise to the leadership role he’s being put in. The men in our community need him to lead, until one arises at least.

info1234's avatar

So is it always accurate to regard the main character of Ace Combat as a Delta despite him generally never saying anything?

Jim's avatar

Any quick litmus test to identify a Gamma in disguise at a job interview? Asking for us hiring managers.

William Palafox's avatar

I think it was about a year ago, but someone on this substack had the perfect one:

"Tell me about a time when you were right and everyone else was wrong."

The search function here isn't great because I would like to credit that individual.

Also David's avatar

If the answers are contrarian, Gamma.

Jim's avatar

Contrarian isn’t always a bad thing. Did you ever play the stock market or invest in real estate?

Vox Day's avatar

Spotted the Gamma.

Jim's avatar

I have seen you give contrarian opinions through the years on everything from politics, AI,, “Q”, evolution, and the SSH. Please explain the difference between Sigma contrarianism and Gamma contrarianism. I’m seriously confused.

JerseyGeneral's avatar

This has nothing to do with job interviews

Melody Rose's avatar

Is there a good age to introduce the SSH to one's children?

Ascanius's avatar

How should the different ranks communicate to a Delta boss or company owner?

Chris's avatar

How much of the SSH comes from genetics? Would the mother's side be as crucial as the fathers?