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Will Storr - The Status Game - On Human Life and How to Play It

Smart People Podcast

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The Impact of Status on Us as Humans

We wouldn't have civilization without the craven for status, he says. The urge to be the best is an incredibly constructive and powerful motivatidg thing. He believes that when people feel their status is threatened they behave in terrible ways.

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