Alain de Botton reflects on social climbing and argues that, in the current environment, it is often not idle pleasure-seeking, but an attempt to keep oneself in a job. Show more
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Alain de Botton reflects on social climbing and argues that, in the current environment, it is often not idle pleasure-seeking, but an attempt to keep oneself in a job. Show more
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