Status Anxiety
Alain De Botton
In a culture where you can be "anything you want to be," status is up for grabs. And that's a good thing... to a point. Mixing insights from Kierkegaard to Kim Kardashian, Alain De Botton reveals how status anxiety secretly controls our choices, relationships, and self-worth.
Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.