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

The Next Big Idea

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Status and Status Games Play Out in Other Parts of the World

Anthropological study of a group down in the mark on Asian island of Pompeii. The man who brings the largest yam to that feast is publicly declared number one. They're celebrated by the entire community. It's taboo to look at another man's yams because you've taken the yam growing secrets. So they're obsessed with massive yams on Pompeii.

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