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Life Is a Game. Here's How to Play It.
The Next Big Idea
Status is the Ultimate Game
The desire for status is deeply ingrained in human evolution, as evidenced by a meta-study of pre-modern societies showing that higher-status men typically amassed greater wealth, had more wives, and ensured better nourishment for their children. This craving for status is not just a modern phenomenon reflected in social media likes, but a fundamental aspect of human nature aimed at survival and procreation. Today, humans engage in numerous status games, as our society provides infinite avenues to express and measure status. However, the pursuit of status operates as a zero-sum game, where one's gain often comes at the expense of others, highlighting a potentially cynical or tragic aspect of this intrinsic human behavior.
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