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Status and the Illusion of Progress

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The pursuit of status is the antithesis of knowing yourself.

Status and the Illusion of Progress Archive ↓ Best Posts All Posts Recent Posts Newsletter Book Courses ↓ Thinking In Stories The Examined Writer Reflections Status and the Illusion of Progress By Lawrence Yeo I’ve written many times about the great disease of status. If I were to trace back our worst impulses and decisions to its origin point, what you would ultimately find is a huge vial of this deadly poison. The desire for status and the subsequent move to categorize humanity is what breeds greed, envy, narcissism, and pretty much any variant of those unpleasant things. With that said, the

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