Alain De Botton: Status Anxiety

Gwyneth Paltrow Dept: Why? It s partly what the philosopher Alain de Botton has described as status anxiety, the yearning of the social climber combined with terrible insecurity about how one is perceived by everyone else on the ladder, according to The Star. Will Harper frame the photo of himself at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City on Thursday when he should have been at the UN gazing giddily at a golden ball the size of a baby s head being handed to him by a guy in a tuxedo? If only he had done a Gwyneth Paltrow Oscar speech, declared himself undeserving too true and cried. But no and this is the fall fashion week of the undeserved award, the unearned doctorate and the prizes that anyone with people-smarts would know to turn down. But they don t. It s a heart-rending affliction but not when politicians catch it. Then it s just hilarious. I m looking at you, World Statesman of the Year Stephen Harper and soon-to-be Doctor Jason Kenney. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.