Social Status: A Primer

Everyone obsesses over status

“Ones Turd smells the same be of Servant or Prince (English Translation)” ― Ricardo Arjona

Your Friends are Obsessed with Social Status

And so are you.

It is human nature.

Everyone everywhere is obsessed with social status

Otherwise they would not be here today. We are the children of generations of status-obsessed people.

And we are obsessed with social status.

Most human activities are about increasing social status:

· Children and teens spending countless hours optimizing their posts and stories on social media.

· Everybody else using social media

· All fashion acquisitions. The fashion industry itself. This season’s shirts are not better than last season’s shirts in any objective manner. They are better because they provide more status

· Most car purchases. People choose their car based on utility, but also based on the status it confers. A BMW is different than a Dacia.

· Most home decoration. There is an element of own comfort and practicality. But it is also about the impression it leaves with visitors, aka your…