The Status Game
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The Status Game
| Full title | The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It |
|---|---|
| Author | Will Storr |
| Published | 2021 |
| Pages | 416 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Storr’s argument that humans are playing status games more or less continuously, that they come in three kinds — dominance, virtue and success — and that most group behaviour, including the ugly kind, follows from which game is being played. |
Where I heard about it
- A reply to @SpencrGreenberg — named in answer to his question “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” in a thread on X, June 2025. The full list lives on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
Connections
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- People Over Politics — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
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