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Think about this for a moment: Your social value is fluid and changes with the environment you are in--or the environment you create. If you wish to elevate your social value in any given situation, you can do so by redirecting people into a domain where you are in charge. This is easier to do than you might think.

We're desperate to convey our own worth, our own value to others. We use objects to tell people just how valuable we are.