On: Pursuing status will never bring true happiness

[gnicholas]

I disagree; wealth can be displayed as status. Money can be spent in status-seeking ways. But money can also be earned so that one can care for sick family members (or a sick future self), or to put kids through college. Or money can be spent on enjoyable experiences that no one else will see.

Money is not the ultimate status game, even though it is an important ingredient in most status-seeking activities.

[throwaway22032 → gnicholas]

Caring for sick family members is status. It's something which people of lesser status are not able to do.

[toomuchtodo → throwaway22032]

It’s privilege and luck (as much wealth is luck), not status. There is a difference.