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

Modern Wisdom

CHAPTER

The Impact of Status and Humiliation

This chapter examines the psychological effects of losing status, particularly focusing on how humiliation can drive individuals to extreme actions. Through case studies of figures like the Unabomber, it explores the link between extreme humiliation and societal issues like violence, revealing the dangerous interplay between feelings of grandiosity and humiliation.

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