{"id":111191,"date":"2023-08-27T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=111191"},"modified":"2023-08-29T15:35:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:35:03","slug":"status-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/status-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rules and Symbols of a Status Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What&#8217;s a status competition? What are the rules and symbols of a status game?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A status game has rules and symbols that draw us in and compel us to play along. In <em>The Status Game<\/em>, Will Storr takes a look at the rules and symbols that create a competition for status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at how a status competition operates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-we-agree-on-rules-to-structure-the-game\">We Agree on Rules to Structure the Game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When humans band together in a social group, we naturally create stories, which take the form of cultural narratives, ideologies, religions, and systems of morality. <strong>These stories serve as rules you have to follow not only to gain acceptance within the group<\/strong> but also to seek the respect and admiration of others in a status competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Storr explains that some of the rules within social groups are ancient and universal (like helping other group members or respecting a leader\u2019s authority). But other rules are culturally specific, particular to their time and place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>How <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/norms-of-society\/\">Social Norms<\/a> and Stories Teach Us How to Behave<\/strong><br><br>Experts have paid extensive attention to <em>social norms<\/em>, the rules that govern our behavior in social groups (and, therefore, in status games). Some social scientists understand norms as a kind of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/social-norms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grammar\u201d for our interactions<\/a> with other people: the rules that define how we\u2019re expected to behave. Norms help us hold each other accountable to basic moral principles, and they also give social meaning to our behavior so we know how to judge one another\u2019s actions.&nbsp;<br><br>Experts say that in addition to following explicit social norms, humans often use stories to make sense of our social worlds and how we\u2019re expected to behave within them. In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/21-lessons-for-the-21st-century\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>21 Lessons for the 21st Century<\/em><\/a>, historian Yuval Noah Harari writes that cultural stories about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-gives-your-life-meaning\/\">meaning of life<\/a> and our roles in it are <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/21-lessons-for-the-21st-century\/chapter-20#rituals-foster-peoples-belief-in-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">embedded in our social norms<\/a>, laws, and social systems. These stories become so ingrained that we rarely stop to question them or the ways they structure our social lives.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-status-symbols-tell-us-how-we-re-performing\">Status Symbols Tell Us How We\u2019re Performing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your brain is wired to seek things that are valuable, including social connection and social status. According to Storr, these value judgments are linked to a \u201cstatus detection system,\u201d which figures out how you\u2019re performing against other people by looking at <strong>status symbols: signals that have an agreed-upon meaning relevant to a person\u2019s social standing<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An obvious status symbol might be the car someone drives or the shoes they wear. But material objects aren\u2019t the only status symbols your brain uses to size up other people. Storr explains that your brain has learned to read social value in people\u2019s appearance, behavior, voice, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/body-language-crucial-conversations\/\">body language<\/a>, and facial expressions. Your brain is extraordinarily attentive to these cues because it wants to know where others stand\u2014and how you measure up against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Psychologists define a status symbol as <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.apa.org\/status-symbol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">any indicator of a person\u2019s prestige<\/a> within their social group, including any signals we use to deliberately trick others. Neuroscientists think that a network of brain regions\u2014which could be Storr\u2019s \u201cstatus detection system\u201d\u2014may help us to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5494206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recognize and process information related to status<\/a>. This network may also enable us to quickly identify and interpret status symbols, like expensive cars, large houses, or prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/job-titles\/\">job titles<\/a>. Some argue that even a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robkhenderson.com\/p\/status-symbols-and-the-struggle-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">belief can function as a status symbol<\/a> because a person\u2019s expression of the belief is a signal of useful information about their class or education.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you join a group and accept the rules and symbols of the group\u2019s status game, you naturally internalize its stories and values, meaning that you subconsciously experience your membership in the group as a game. You then play the game to keep gaining more status. This causes you to<strong> become invested in upholding the rules and symbols of the game<\/strong>, because your own status depends upon their continued relevance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: The traditional explanation for why people uphold rules and symbols (or social norms) is that they\u2019re often useful, and <em>not<\/em> adopting them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/why-the-brain-follows-the\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leads to punishment<\/a> or loss of status. However, some researchers think that <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2018\/12\/people-adopt-made-up-social-rules-to-be-part-of-a-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">people obey rules<\/a> to establish a shared identity as part of a group. For example, people will follow an arbitrary rule made up by experimenters in a study if they\u2019re told that other people \u201clike them\u201d have followed that rule.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s a status competition? What are the rules and symbols of a status game? A status game has rules and symbols that draw us in and compel us to play along. In The Status Game, Will Storr takes a look at the rules and symbols that create a competition for status. 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