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Alain de Botton: Status Anxiety
Alain de Botton · Feb 26, 2014 · 2h 23m
What this video covers
Alain de Botton's 2004 documentary based on his book Status Anxiety, running over two hours. It asks why people in rich societies are still unhappy, and examines how worries about success, snobbery and meritocracy drive that anxiety.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN recommends it as an illuminating, eye-opening long-form take on status, luck and how we judge the successful and unsuccessful.
12.5recommendation score
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“This doc is eye-opening”
“This (2+ hours) documentary about status is quite eye opening”
“I can highly recommend the book (and documentary)”