The Status Game: Summary & Review

The Status Game (2021) explains how important status is for humans. Will Storr, the author, says that we are all hardwired to play the status game: we want status and work for it, we’re happy and healthier when we have it and depressed when we don’t, and we are bound to play the game, even when it changes us for the worst. So we better learn how it works.

Exec SummaryHumans are hardwired to play a status game, as soon as we engage with others, we’re naturally pulled into the gameTher...