The Status Revolution

The Improbable Story of How the Lowbrow Became the Highbrow

De: Chuck Thompson

Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross

Duración: 9 h y 6 m

Resumen del Editor

How did rescue dogs become status symbols? Why are luxury brands losing their cachet? What’s made F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous observations obsolete? The answers are part of a new revolution that’s radically reorganizing the way we view ourselves and others, that “will be hard for pop-culture readers to put down” (Booklist).

Status was once easy to identify—fast cars, fancy shoes, sprawling estates, elite brands. But in place of Louboutins and Lamborghinis, the relevance of the rich, famous, and gauche is waning and a riveting revolution is underfoot.

Chuck Thompson—dubbed “savagely funny” by The New York Times and “wickedly entertaining” by the San Francisco Chronicle—sets out to determine what “status” means today and learns that what was once considered the low life has become the high life. In The Status Revolution, Thompson tours the new world of status from a small community in British Columbia where an indigenous artist uses wood carving to restore communal status; to a Washington, DC, meeting of the “Patriotic Millionaires,” a club of high-earners who are begging the government to tax them; to a luxury auto factory in the south of Italy where making beautiful cars is as much about bringing dignity to a low-earning region than it is about flash and indulgence; to a London lab where the neural secrets of status are being unlocked.

“Chock-full of fascinating revelations” (In Touch Weekly) and with his signature wit and irreverence, Thompson explains why everything we know about status is changing, upends centuries of conventional wisdom, and shows how the new status revolution reflects our place in contemporary society.

©2023 Chuck Thompson. All rights reserved. Portions of this text were originally published by Gen/Medium as "The Rise and Spread of Excessive Wealth Disorder" and published by Outside as "Totem Recall: One Chief's Mission to Reclaim the Past." (P)2023 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

Interesting

Engaging and thought-provoking. An in-depth look at how markers of status have changed in modern society. The author presents the idea that luxury items are no longer scarce or unaffordable by the masses. The book is a fascinating view of status and it’s implications. I enjoyed it, and would recommend it.