66: Spirituality & Status (w/Will Storr)
Conspirituality
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The Status Game
Will store's new book, the status game, ends up admitting how relentless humans can be in the pursuit of status. Aspirations are essential to being human, but fulfilled aspirations turn out to merely be rungs on a ladder that never quite seems to end. To admit to being motivated by improving our rank is to risk making others think less of us, which loses us rank. Even admitting it to ourselves can make us feel reduced. So our awareness of our desire for status eats itself. Whether you're billionaires trying to create your peanis shaped rockets, or if you're on the lower rungs of society, status always ters. Will recognizes some games are more important to each
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