68: Will Storr: Why virtue signalling & dominance are part of our status game

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🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Will Storr has been gaining a reputation as one of the foremost non-fiction writers in the UK over the past few years, starting with his exploration of people with extreme beliefs in his book Heretics. His phenomenal follow-up Selfie about how the West became so self-obsessed and individualistic put him in the big leagues of journalistic writers. He then wrote the Science of Storytelling, which is supposed to be brilliant, but I’ve not had the chance to read yet – and today we’re here to talk about his latest book – The Status Game. Listen to the 30-minute bonus episode on Apple Subscriptions or on http://patreon.com/andrewgold and the Patreon app. Will Storr links: The Status Game: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Status-Game-Will-Storr/dp/0008354634/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+status+game&qid=1629382267&sr=8-1 https://twitter.com/wstorr Andrew Gold Links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok http://andrewgoldpodcast.com http://medium.com/@andrewgold1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.1	We tell this unbelievably toxic story about who we decide are our enemies and that's where true human irrationality lies and that's where we become most dangerous.
1:18.0	They say never meet your heroes, but I feel very lucky to be able to present this episode of the
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1:30.7	Will's store.
1:32.4	Will has been gaining a reputation as one of the foremost
1:35.4	non-fiction writers in the UK over the past few years, starting with his
1:40.0	exploration of people with extreme beliefs in his book Herritics.
1:44.5	His phenomenal follow-up selfie about how the West became so self-obsessed and individualistic
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