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#294 — Status Games

Making Sense with Sam Harris

How Do You View the Perpetual Insecurity of Status?

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How do you view the insecurity of status? Status is perpetually insecure really no matter who you are. We're constantly measuring our status in a book I write about neuroscientists talk about how we have this thing in the brain called they call the status detection system. So it measures things like the amount of eye contact we're getting with numerical precision. It's always up for grabs. You know, Elon Musk can be reduced in status in conversation with somebody that he admires if they treat him disparagingly.

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