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How much of our behaviour is status-seeking?

Not Overthinking

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I feel like I've definitely found some human belonging on Twitter, for example. But I'll be quite frank and say that I am in part doing it because of the status that comes with it. For example, a startup in the adult film industry that was exploiting people would have no, would have negative status associated with it but would be probably positive financially. That's true, but I'm also not like inherently interested in that stuff. And therefore, anything that gets me likes ultimately gets me attention and attention ultimately translates to monetary and others, other rewards further down the line, so to speak. It's just your hustle, you know? Yeah, exactly. You just got accepted.

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