Sep 2023
268 - The Status Game - Will Storr (rebroadcast)
<p>In this episode we welcome back author Will Storr whose new book, The Status Game, feels like required reading for anyone confused, curious, or worried about how politics, cults, conspiracy theories communities, social media, religious fundamentalism, polarization, and extremi ... Show More
1h 16m
Sep 2021
Status, Self-Obsession, Mental Health & What's Really Controlling How We Act - Will Storr
<p><br></p><p>Are you a special person? How self-obsessed are we, as a society? How and why do we compare ourselves to others? What makes us group-ish? Violent? Or community minded? How about narcissistic? And is that getting worse?</p><br><p>This week's guest is the British auth ... Show More
41m 48s
Jun 2019
How much of our behaviour is status-seeking?
In this episode, we discuss the concept of social status, and wonder to what extent the signalling of status contributes to our own behaviours. We talk about how our schoolboy days were defined by status games, and think about how we might work to minimise our psyche’s reliance o ... Show More
46m 6s
Whether we like it or not we have subconscious underlying motives for everything we do, and most of it comes down to status. In this snippet, Will Storr author of The Status Game explains how we all have different ways of measuring and claiming status.
Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/76kwNrHOUErPb27FO5qwUU?si=w_9GU2RtQTe ... Show More
<p>Woven into our value system is a bias to signal wealth, seek power, and strive for status because it gives us our best chance at securing resources. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Was this helpful?</strong><em> If so then you need to check out the</em><a href="https://grow.selfimpr ... Show More
