That was already quite interesting to read out of context, but I'd definitely look forward to something you've written about it for an audience more like this one.
(So did I just raise your status?)
(So did I just raise your status?)
Also, it's interesting to read (HN) headlines with status transactions in mind. When reading a headline ask yourself, who got lowered? Who was raised? Take Microsoft takes a loss to Firefox The obvious thing is FF>MS, but who else is lowered or raised?
So here's an example of a conversation analyzed by Keith Johnstone's who basically the father of improv: http://www.thestage.co.uk/connect/acblack/improkj.php
I would submitted this a while ago, but it'd be hard to make clear what my intention for doing that was.