Shannon's Journal Discussion

[Shannon]

Shannon do you believe that the concept of Sigma and Ascendant alpha are a near perfect match or do you believe they are different somehow? Is an ascendant alpha the step above sigma? I've read that the sigma is the equivalent in status of a low alpha male or a high level beta and so I was thinking maybe the ascendant alpha is a more developed sigma who is the equivalent of a high level alpha male. Can't find the link to the site I got my info from.

I do not have a current and in depth definition of Sigma Male to work with for comparison. It's been a while since I read the description of that concept. But an ascendant alpha is a high level alpha, one who is so self secure that even self deception on how self secure he is, is unnecessary anymore. It's almost like a state of "enlightenment" for alpha-ness. It in many ways actually transcends what alpha is commonly understood to be.

If memory serves, Sigma male was not a low level alpha, but the rogue wolf alpha, who operates outside the normal hierarchy. The ascendant alpha does the same thing, but I don't remember how much of the rest was in common.

The ascendant alpha is effectively so alpha that s/he doesn't need anyone else to know it, and doesn't even care if they know it, as long as they are being treated with a reasonable amount of decency and respect.