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Toby Stuart

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
783 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

Yeah, it has changed a little over time in fairness.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

And as I get Berkeley, it's very different, but absolutely.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

So the second reaction is it's some version of privilege, but I earned what I have.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

And so then you're less insecure about it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

The reaction is I deserve it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

You got here on your own.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

The third one is some version of God gave it to me.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

It depends on the world you live in, but there are worlds where this is still, you know, the prosperity gospel.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

In sports, it's over-indexed.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

It's very indexed in sports.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

Sports is a fun example to talk about anointment, but in sports, you see it all the time where it's an extension of preordination.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

It was God's plan.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

And so depending on where you are geographically and what belief system you grew up with, the famous example is John Rockefeller, who is the founder of Standard Oil and was probably the richest man.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

University of Chicago was a major donor.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

Rockefeller had like 1.5% of US GDP in wealth.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

But he was very much, God gave it to me.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

It's a divine plan.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toby Stuart (on social status)

And then the fourth way, which I would argue is