[a:Alain de Botton|13199|Alain de Botton|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1189753902p2/13199.jpg] shines his light on a behavior that has become critical in our modern age: status anxiety. His explanation of and solutions to this erratic behavior are very well put yet easy to understand, the quotations are always on point, and I liked the little history stories that came along. The book even gave me a more positive outlook on (Christian) religion, although it is far from religious propaganda.