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#374 - Will Storr - How To Play The Status Game

Modern Wisdom

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The Lizard and the Iceberg

Losing status is bad for our health. It can cause us to be depressed, and it makes us live for less shorter amounts of time. Does this mean that we should choose our friends very, very carefully? Yes. You know, one of the things i wrote about in my book selfy, which wishes out a few years ago now, ai is this idea that it's actually hard to change yourself. And as ruthless as it sounds, changing the people whom you're spending your life with shouldn't be an option that you justyou should just dismiss if somebodyis repeatedly making you feel bad, and then get ridthe bazar.

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