Will Storr - The Status Game - On Human Life and How to Play It
Smart People Podcast
Status Is the Need to Feel Valuable
People need to feel valued. They need to feel that the people they share their lives with see them as a valuable person. When we don't feel valued, we get depressed, we get ill. If you go for status, everything else gets better - this is an ancient and elemental rule of human brains.
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