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STATUS: Does Our Need for It Explain ... Everything?

The Next Big Idea

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The Status Game in Small Communities Has Been Demoted

The brain is a storytelling machine in which we are the heroes. And if we take a step back and appreciate that, try to treat everyone with a higher degree of dignity. We evolved to play status games in the context of small groups. But these days in this sort of globalized context, we're playing status games with hundreds of thousands of people. It's another reason why the status on offer is massively diluted.

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