{"id":190541,"date":"2026-05-31T11:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T19:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190541"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T04:46:05","slug":"zen-and-the-art-of-social-climbing-5-31-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190541","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Zen and the Art of Social Climbing&#8217; (5-31-26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hboShE__7HI?si=c_HGzJa7dfOI1Vg8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> Why Wembanyama Lives on the Perimeter, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190539\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190539<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 02:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#120\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"120\">02:00<\/a> My patented peer-reviewed biographies, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=181463\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=181463<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 03:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#180\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"180\">03:00<\/a> Highlights, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=143746\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=143746<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 15:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#900\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"900\">15:00<\/a> Allen Berger and the Second Stage of Recovery, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=189364\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=189364<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 16:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#960\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"960\">16:00<\/a> The Moral Grammars of London, Paris, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190263\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190263<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 17:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1020\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1020\">17:00<\/a> Moral Grammars of American Elite Life: Four Cities and Four Accounts of Legitimate Influence, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190256\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190256<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 18:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1080\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1080\">18:00<\/a> The Smell Test, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190152\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190152<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 19:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1140\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1140\">19:00<\/a> The Emotional Palettes of Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190020\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190020<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 20:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1200\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1200\">20:00<\/a> The Emotional Palettes of Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190014\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190014<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 21:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1260\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1260\">21:00<\/a> The Emotional Palettes Of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco &amp; Sacramento, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190014\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190014<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 27:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1620\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1620\">27:00<\/a> The Great Delusion, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=184359\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=184359<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 37:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2220\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2220\">37:00<\/a> Emotional sobriety, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emotionalsobriety.info\/dr-allen-berger-recovery-begins\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.emotionalsobriety.info\/dr-allen-berger-recovery-begins<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 38:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2280\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2280\">38:00<\/a> The Landscape of Emotional Sobriety: \u201cLive This Moment as if You Chose It\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1vbvOcHM8Ac\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1vbvOcHM8Ac<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 51:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3060\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3060\">51:00<\/a> Bullshit Advice, https:\/\/www.everythingisbullshit.blog\/p\/bullshit-advice<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 59:40\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3580\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3580\">59:40<\/a> Yale Lit Critic Harold Bloom, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190308\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190308<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:36:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5760\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5760\">1:36:00<\/a> Orthodox Boys &amp; The Champions League Final, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190465\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190465<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:38:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5880\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5880\">1:38:00<\/a> The Premier League and the Making of a Global Football Public in the United States, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190429\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=190429<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:48:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6480\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6480\">1:48:00<\/a> Intimacy With Ourselves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 Why Wembanyama Lives on the Perimeter, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=19053902:00 My patented peer-reviewed biographies, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=18146303:00 Highlights, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=14374615:00 Allen Berger and the Second Stage of Recovery, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=18936416:00 The Moral Grammars of London, Paris, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=19026317:00 Moral Grammars of American Elite Life: &hellip; 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