I know that first impressions matter and that you can learn some surprising things from someone just by looking at them.
What I don’t know, though, is what people think of me when they first see me.
Remember hotornot.com? It would be interesting to see such a site that rates people on some other dimensions: likability, trustworthiness, aggression, psychopathy.
And imagine tracking a group of people over time in a panel study?
I bet you’d get a good feel for social mobility over time, too.
Forget income data!