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The authors book "The Elephant in the brain" argues that virtually all adult behavior is unconsciously about status seeking, while pretending and convincing our
by _yb2s 4y ago
The authors book "The Elephant in the brain" argues that virtually all adult behavior is unconsciously about status seeking, while pretending and convincing ourselves that it is not.
In that sense, it's not that this goes away as you get older, but it becomes more psychologically sophisticated, and less transparent.
- fullshark 4y agoYeah I'm not above some status games, but I think I'm more conscious of when they matter v. not, and their actual tangible benefits on my life (i.e. promotion = money or new opportunities open professionally).
- solarmist 4y agoAvoiding meaningless displays of status seeking seems perfectly in line with that hypothesis.