{"product_id":"metaphors-we-live-by-tele-9798199585262","title":"Metaphors We Live By: Book XI: Status, Comparison, \u0026 Hierarchy","description":"\u003cb\u003eMetaphors We Live By: Book XI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStatus, Comparison, \u0026amp; Hierarchy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNobody announced the hierarchy.\u003cbr\u003eIt was not posted. It was not agreed to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt formed in the first meeting, hardened by the second, and felt natural by the third.\u003cbr\u003eStatus is not assigned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt accumulates. Through posture, through signal, through the quiet social arithmetic that everyone is running and nobody admits to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMetaphors We Live By: Status, Comparison, \u0026amp; Hierarchy is a collection of forty essays examining the invisible structures of rank, the mechanics of comparison, and what the pursuit of position quietly costs the people inside it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside, you will explore: \u003cbr\u003e- Why status is legible in the body before it is confirmed by any title\u003cbr\u003e- How comparison measures the wrong distance and generates the wrong motion\u003cbr\u003e- Why the hierarchy nobody declared is more durable than the one that is official\u003cbr\u003e- How prestige outlives the performance that originally justified it\u003cbr\u003e- Why the ceiling that limits looks, from below, exactly like open sky\u003cbr\u003e- What the room at the top of the hierarchy cannot see about itself \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a guide to climbing.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not an argument against ambition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a series of observations about the invisible architecture of social rank. How it forms, how it holds, and what it does to the people organized around it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor those who have felt the pull of the scoreboard.\u003cbr\u003eOr wondered what they were actually competing for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tele\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199585262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Tele","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50546485428479,"sku":"9798199585262","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c9027e3-be8e-4c96-a2b5-81ab3152af10.jpg?v=1790537527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/metaphors-we-live-by-tele-9798199585262","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}