552: Will Storr | Understanding Social Position and the Status Game
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2021
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Will Storr (@wstorr) is an award-winning investigative journalist and best-selling author. His latest book is The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It.
What We Discuss with Will Storr:- The evolutionary purpose of status and why it's always been important for human survival.
- How seeking status spurs innovation.
- The three kinds of status games we've been playing throughout human history: dominance, virtue, and success.
- The connection between low status and depression: why Will believes that Jeffrey Epstein did kill himself.
- Why you might choose a higher status title at work instead of a pay raise.
- And much more...
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