The School of Life website was recently created to ostensibly address important things that are typically not taught in the formal process of schooling (see
"about us"). The above
video is among the rapidly growing TSL
collection on YouTube. It defines what
status anxiety is, why it's so common in modern societies, and concludes with suggestions about insulating oneself from its negative effects. An in-depth treatment of status anxiety is available in Alain de Botton's
book of the same name, and his
documentary film also available at the TSL site. Note: there are additional stratification-relevant videos at this site, including those on the works of
Marx and
Weber, and several on
capitalism.
