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How much of our behaviour is status-seeking?

Not Overthinking

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Are You Desperate for Status?

I think there's obvious stuff like social media and like, you know, I'm fairly active on Twitter. And yeah, I can't lie. I'm sure a large part of that is seeking status. But it's hard when you're doing an activity that happens to also give you status at the same time as fulfilling other things you care about. For example, I'm trying to start this company right now. So I'm well aware that if this goes well, it will sort of bring me some decent status in society. That's like the primary reason I'm doing it.

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