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Is Social Status the Goal of Signaling Status?
In the modern West, people are much more preoccupied with signaling prestige. You know, they want to be admired. And in fact, there's a lot of interesting research indicating that when you ask people what sort of what's associated with well-being and living a comfortable life. But actually, social status, so socio-metric status, which is respect and admiration for your peers, that is a much stronger relationship with well- being and self-esteem than socioeconomic status.