I can only note here that, for Whitehead, the determinateness of an actual occasion is analyzable into its definiteness and position, «where «definiteness» is the illustration of select eternal objects and «position» is relative status in a nexus of actual entities» (PR 38). (religion-online.org)
The importance of relative status perceptions to human psychology has its roots in the small - scale societies of our ancestors.» (sciencedaily.com)
Another criticism of economic measures of which the ISEW takes no account is that personal satisfaction is much more related to relative status in a community than to absolute income or wealth. (religion-online.org)