5 Aug 2012

STATUS ANXIETY



Alain de Botton, the English philosopher, wrote a book about status anxiety. He says that in modern world people can feel unhappy and demoralized by the tendency we have to judge others by the jobs they have. This annoying tendency to tribalize, ostracize and stigmatize is in the origin of much happiness.

Read more in

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/what-are-you-worth-getting-past-status-anxiety?utm_source=Big+Think+Weekly+Newsletter+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4050025f77-8_4_12_Magicalthinking8_3_2012&utm_medium=email




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