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STATUS: Does Our Need for It Explain ... Everything?

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Nov 3, 2022

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Will Storr

01:31:30

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The Status Game

Humans play the status game; it's how we understand the world.
Status is about feeling valued within a group, not just fame and fortune.

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Evolutionary Basis of Status

The need for status comes from our hunter-gatherer past.
Higher status meant better survival and reproduction.

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Status and Equality

The status game is a zero-sum game, creating winners and losers.
This poses a challenge to egalitarian ideals, as seen in failed communist experiments.

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The Status Game on Human Life and How to Play It

01:39 • 2min

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How Did You Get Over Your Status Game?

03:30 • 2min

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Will Store's Interview With Will - Is This a Good Idea?

05:40 • 3min

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Is Everything Brought Down to Status?

08:30 • 2min

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Are You Motivated by Status?

10:31 • 2min

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Are We Obsessed With Status?

12:13 • 3min

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The Status Game Is a Zero Sum Game

14:47 • 4min

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Status Is Hard Work, Right?

18:40 • 3min

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Is Your Status Detection System Working in the Background?

22:00 • 3min

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Eye Contact and the Allocation of Eye Contact

25:12 • 2min

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Is That a Sign of Being High Status?

27:37 • 4min

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Status and Status Games Play Out in Other Parts of the World

31:17 • 3min

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The Currency of Status, the Way That We Measure It

33:55 • 4min

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The Importance of Status in Pre-Modern Groups

37:37 • 2min

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Status Is a Reward Serviced by the Group

39:18 • 2min

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Are There Different Types of Status Games?

40:54 • 2min

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The Problem With Virtue Status Games

43:05 • 2min

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Social Media Is a Brand New Way That We Can End Status

44:50 • 2min

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What's the Role of Gandy Networks?

46:31 • 2min

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The Status Game in the Status Game

48:06 • 1min

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The Nuclear Bomb of Emotions

49:36 • 2min

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The Child Who Is Not Embraced by the Village Will Burn It Down to Feel Its Warmth

51:53 • 4min

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Great Moms Questioning Vaccines

55:55 • 2min

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The Heretics - Is There a Way to Earn Status?

58:04 • 3min

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The Power of Storytelling

01:00:57 • 2min

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The Next Big Idea App - Get Smart Fast

01:02:30 • 5min

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The Internet Sings Song Derision

01:07:16 • 2min

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Are You Achieving Higher Status Than the Beatles?

01:08:51 • 2min

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I'm a Writer, but I've Got Status to Spare.

01:10:26 • 2min

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The Power of Warmth, Sincerity and Competence

01:12:39 • 3min

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The New Right and the New Left in America

01:16:02 • 3min

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The Status Game in Small Communities Has Been Demoted

01:18:48 • 3min

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Do You Have Multiple Sources of Status?

01:21:36 • 2min

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You're Catching in a Status Game

01:23:21 • 2min

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Is There a Book Bites That You Might Like?

01:25:48 • 3min

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“Life is a game. There’s no way to understand the human world without first understanding this. Everyone alive is playing a game whose hidden rules are built into us and that silently directs our thoughts, beliefs and actions. This game is inside us. It is us. We can’t help but play.”

So begins “The Status Game,” a new book by acclaimed writer Will Storr.

He continues: “We play for status, if only subtly, with every social interaction, every contribution we make to work, love or family life and every internet post. We play with how we dress, how we speak and what we believe. … Life is not a journey towards a perfect destination. It’s a game that never ends. And it’s the very worst of us.”

Does it have to be?

We may not be able to quit the status game, but Will says we can learn to play it better. In this episode, he explains how.

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