I'm the Captain. You Need Do It

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The social medio is a lt on their life unfolding in front of them. Its people show dominance off by showing competence and virtue. The noblest, most incredible thing you do is reach the level of a high ranking officer within this militaristic organization that is so humanistic we've gotten a whit rid of money. It's such a bizarre thing to accept that, that there's a massive a downside here that we can talk about in many different ways. That feels like i turning me more into an animal than ina human. But then on the other side,. i'm like, no humans or animals, and this is what our nature is all about. And if you watch

In this episode we welcome back author Will Storr whose new book, The Status Game, feels like required reading for anyone confused, curious, or worried about how politics, cults, conspiracy theories communities, social media, religious fundamentalism, polarization, and extremism are affecting us - everywhere, on and offline, across cultures, and across the world.

What is The Status Game? It’s our primate propensity to perpetually pursue points that will provide a higher level of regard among the people who can (if we provoked such a response) take those points away. And deeper still, it’s the propensity to, once we find a group of people who regularly give us those points, care about what they think more than just about anything else.

In the interview, we discuss our inescapable obsession with reputation and why we are deeply motivated to avoid losing this game through the fear of shame, ostracism, embarrassment, and humiliation while also deeply motivated to win this game by earning what will provide pride, fame, adoration, respect, and status.