As the rules of the game change, our behavior will change to still achieve status. But we will do it maybe in the way with least resistance, or the way that the game steers us. We changedow the's a people when therules of the ganme changed. The ways tat we think and behave in 20 22 is very different to the ways we thought and behaved in 20 12. In 19 92, we changed our values, change the way we wee. And suddenly, the way that men treated women, the rules changed. And so men changed. What you said. You know, it's kind of sinister how vulnerable we are to change is soonas we find
Will Storr is an award-winning writer and author of six books, including his newest, The Status Game. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The New Yorker and The New York Times. He has also been presented with the AIB Award for Best Investigative Documentary for his BBC radio series.
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