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@BanyenBooksSoundVancouver converses with Will Storr on his new book, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It.
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What drives our political and moral beliefs? What makes us like some things and dislike others? What shapes how we behave, and misbehave, in groups? What makes you, you? For centuries, philosophers and scholars have described human behaviour in terms of sex, power and money. In 'The Status Game', bestselling author Will Storr radically turns this thinking on its head by arguing that it is our irrepressible craving for status that ultimately defines who we are. From the era of the hunter-gatherer to today, when we exist as workers in the globalized economy and citizens of online worlds, the need for status has always been wired into us. On a breathtaking journey through time and culture, 'The Status Game' offers a sweeping rethink of human psychology that will change how you see others – and how you see yourself.

"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

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@WillStorrStory is an award-winning writer. His work has appeared in the Guardian, Sunday Times, New Yorker and The New York Times. He is the author of five critically acclaimed books, most recently the Sunday Times bestseller, The Science of Storytelling. @willstorrwillstorr.com

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