Admiration
- Low-status admirers are attracted to their prestigious superiors and hope to spend more time around them, and their admiration, therefore, acts as a bribe.
- Admirers, in other words, are sycophants. They pay respect to a prestigious individual in order to cultivate access to him.
- Prestigious people are above all impressive.
- We respect and admire people even when they're less skilled than we are, and when we're unlikely to learn from them.
- If admiration were motivated by a desire to learn, teachers would be among the most prestigious members of society.
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