A riveting and unexpected novel that questions whether a peaceful and non violent community can survive when civilisation falls apart.

You are playing a game you cannot win. The status game is a trap, and you are caught in it. Every purchase, every post, every decision is filtered through the question: What will others think? The more expensive car. The more prestigious school. You optimize for external approval instead of internal wellbeing.This book dissects the psychology of social comparison. How we constantly measure ourselves against others and become unhappy in the process. How status signals dominate our purchasing decisions. Social media has intensified the game. You compare your real life to everyone else's...