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Podcast: Jimmy's Jobs of the Future
Episode: Will Storr Part 2 | Nigel Farage, Gordon Ramsay Crying, and Joe Rogan vs Steven Barlett
Description: Will Storr on Status Games: Politics, Podcasts, Storytelling, and the Future of AI
In the second half of Jimmy’s Jobs to the Future with author Will Storr, they discuss how status works in practice, from status signals inside Number 10 (proximity, key meetings, and especially influence) to modern politics as entertainment and the media’s “gotcha” incentives that push politicians toward soundbites.
Storr argues social media amplifies status games and notes similar “flame wars,” cancellation, and pronoun debates existed on an early online network, The WELL. They explore how status shifts with age, why self-control and conscientiousness predict prof...