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STATUS: Does Our Need for It Explain ... Everything?

The Next Big Idea

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Are We Obsessed With Status?

The more status you get, the better your ability to survive and reproduce. It's absolutely plugged into the very basis of our motivations in life. We're so obsessed with it that we'll create any kind of game you can imagine. And social media is just the latest form of human status game.

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