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  • Status Anxiety: A worry, so pernicious as to be capable of ruining extended stretches of our lives, that we are in danger of failing to conform to the ideals of success laid down by our society and that we may as a result be stripped of dignity and respect; a worry that we are currently occupying too modest a rung or are about to fall to a lower one.

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  • The more dignity is widely and freely available in a society, the less people want to be famous.

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    People   Want   Dignity  
    Twitter post from Feb 13, 2013

  • The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort.

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    Desire   Stronger   Comfort  
    Alain De Botton (2008). “Status Anxiety”, p.250, Vintage
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Alain de Botton

  • Born: December 20, 1969
  • Occupation: Writer
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