Social status
Subject in Social Sciences
Social status has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Modern Wisdom. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
David GearyEvolutionary psychologist, cognitive scientist, and professor at the University of Missouri
Geary argues that people cannot relax despite comfortable modern lives because status historically buffered mortality risk during unpredictable crises.
“a lot just can't turn it off. And it's because of the relation between status and mortality risk and the unpredictability of when the population will crash again”
Modern Wisdom: How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172 (Nov 5, 2026) · Listen from 54:26
Geary suggests that in peaceful societies status-driven aggression shifts to social media and cancel culture.
“I think they get bored and they start attacking each other on social media. You got cancel culture”
Modern Wisdom: How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172 (Nov 5, 2026) · Listen from 31:10
Geary claims that status-driven, successful men consistently reproduce more than other men across traditional and modern societies.
“It is clear that men who are status-driven, focused, and are successful in those endeavors reproduce more than other men”
Modern Wisdom: How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172 (Nov 5, 2026) · Listen from 19:37
Podcasts
- Modern Wisdom · 1 episode
Episodes
How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172Modern Wisdom · Nov 5, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Evolutionary psychologist David Geary tells Chris Williamson how male coalitional warfare, status competition, and technology shaped human brain evolution and modern behavior.