Reading Somebodies & Nobodies changed my life in a lot of ways. When you pick it up, it seems like a lightweight book with a feelgood message about overcoming rank-based discrimination. However, the author Bob Fuller has put a lot of thought into the way abuse of rank works, and reading this book will enable you to explore your own rankist tendencies as well as enable you to recognize and discuss abuses of rank that have injured you.

This book touched such a chord for me that I felt compelled to contact the author. He very personably replied to me, and we’ve had many great discussions about rankism.

If anyone buys this book, I encourage them to make a gift of it to other people when they’re done. The more people who have the concept of rankism in mind, the better chance we have of negotiating our way past it as a society.