The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It

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Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas The Status Game might be his best yet James Marriott, Books of the Year, The Times
What drives our political and moral beliefs

What shapes our bitterest conflicts and wildest dreams

What makes you,you

Across the world, from Papua New Guinea to Tokyo and Manhattan, humans compete for status. Through games of dominance, virtue and success, its an obsession that has driven the best and worst of us: the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as well as spree killers and tyrants at the gates of Europe. But what makes status an all-consuming prize And how can we wield our desire for it to improve our relationships, win social media battles and be the best in the workplace

A breathtaking rethink of human psychology, The Status Game will change how you see others and how you see yourself.

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Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas The Status Game might be his best yet James Marriott, Books of the Year, The Times

[The Status Game] challenged the way I think about the role of status in my own life and in some ways it made me feel less terrible about some of my unhealthy fixations. If you find yourself needlessly worried about status, it might do the same for you I cant stop thinking about it Sean Illing, Vox

Eloquent, entertaining New Statesman

Moving Scholarly Storr showcases a rare skillthe ability to use technical academic scholarship in solving a real-world problem Helen Dale, CapX

I havent finished reading The Status Game because Ive only read it once. There's so much in this dazzling book I will be revisiting over and over again
Daniel Finkelstein, author of Everything in Moderation

The Status Game could not be more timelyand provides a missing piece for understanding where we are, and how to get out of this mess I cant recommend it highly enough
Greg Lukianoff, co-author with Jonathan Haidt of The Coddling of the American Mind

Thought provoking and enlightening youll be discussing The Status Game everywhere you go Sara Pascoe

Bursting with insights into the hierarchy-crazed hellscape of a world shaped by social media, this book confirms Will Storrs own status as a master storyteller
Helen Lewis, author of Difficult Women

A radical new theory of human nature It should quite appropriately establish Will Storr as the finest science writer being published today
David Robson, author of The Intelligence Trap

Author Bio

Will Storr is an award-winning writer. His work has appeared in the Guardian, Sunday Times, New Yorker and New York Times. He is the author of four critically acclaimed books, most recently Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed. He teaches popular journalism and storytelling classes in London. He is an in-demand ghostwriter whose books have spent months at the top of the Sunday Times bestseller chart, selling more than 300,000 copies in 2018 alone.