Status Game
by Will Storr · first published 2021
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I would recommend reading "The Status Game" by Will Storr. In short: try to join as many communities as possible, you will get emotionally rewarded just for being accepted. Eventually you will find ones where you really want to fight for status,…
on “I am rich and have no idea what to do” ↗My two favorites, and I think they're a complementary pair, both published recently (2021)... * The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It by (the best-selling author) Will Storr * Status Games: Why We Play and How to Stop by Loretta Graziano Breuning
on “What Is Social Status?” ↗My guess is The Status Game by Will Storr.
on “I am rich and have no idea what to do” ↗Most things are tied up with status games, even if they don't look like it at first glance. Nietzsche gives the example of the self-renouncer, who might seem to go beyond status games by renouncing material things. But this renunciation of…
on “The Status Trap” ↗What a great article. Great analogy with the Matrix's architect scene. Reminds me of a recent podcast featuring Will Storr, author of "The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play it", where, to paraphrase, he discusses how those who claim that social hierarchies are unethical... don't actually want to do away with hierarchies but rather simply want…
on “Punk is dead and so are we” ↗