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241 - The Status Game - Will Storr

You Are Not So Smart

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The Illusion of the Dream

The game of virtue signalling is so deep into our source code that you can easily fall into an infinite recursion just talking about it. We will also talk about humiliation, which Tut writes in the book creates the most lethal players of this game. And we'll look at how people use violence to turn shame into something like pride and try your hand at winning the dominance game instead.

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