Is Status a Measure of Comparison?

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We all crave status, which is only based on those around us in our tribe. We are constantly comparing ourselves to the people around us. People who have sudden losses of status are highly vulnerable to suicidal ideation. But so are people who stay still whilst everybody else in their group accelerates. Those people become more vulnerable to suicidal idiation.

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.

Will's book, The Status Game, is available now!

Learn more about Will at willstorr.com.