In the days of the tribe, our tribe was the whole world. It's much harder to feel like that in the 20 first century. We've evolved to play small status games in relatively small groups of people. And we haven't evolved o play status games on the corporate level where we're not one of 25 people. So sine is, so, you know, i'm convinced that lot of the 20 first Century misery and alienation and hopelessness that we feel,. it's because we feel it's much harder for us to feel of value in the modern world than it was back in thedays of the tribe.
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.
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