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On Social Climbing

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.

Alain de Botton reflects on social climbing - and argues that the activity should be seen - at times - as evidence of a natural curiosity about the modern world. And he says in the current environment, it's often not idle pleasure-seeking, but an attempt to keep yourself in a job.

Producer: Adele Armstrong.

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10 minutes

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Sun 31 Jul 2011 08:50

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  • Fri 29 Jul 2011 20:50
  • Sun 31 Jul 2011 08:50

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