You should probably listen to the show or read the transcript. In part because you're likely not as immune to "status games" as you perhaps like to think.
There are universals, but it's a fact that people speaking about human behavior overgeneralize.
I know I'm not immune to status. I like seeing that karma counter go up or replies because it says I'm not just writing into a void. It shows that I'm making some human connection. It's that I don't crave status in nearly the amounts some people do. I prioritize other things over status for its own sake, and so do many others. And given the status-oriented power structure our societies revolve around this means our lives and opportunities are limited beyond what our merits would otherwise indicate.
Most discussions about status tend to pick one dimension - e.g. middle class lifestyle - and argue a strawman generalisation about what "we" strive for.
Status measurement strongly depends on the group we are trying to compete within. A lead guitarist can say they hate money while still striving for status as a musician.
Geeks definitely have their own status games. Petrol-heads play different status games than librarians or artists or executives or academics.
Many people say they are not status conscious, but that is often just an indication that they are playing an alternative status game than the socially standard one.
It is easier to see status games that people in other social groups compete for (hilarity is one signal). Our own status drives are often hidden to ourselves.
Also sometimes people choose not to play competitively: which means they are less aware of the skills of the games as played by others.
I definitely try to rebel against status norms - but counter-signalling is also a status play by the advanced competitor. Muddy!
It's incredibly hard to rebel against what you need. But there are people who constantly need to be involved with other people, and also those who can only tolerate being around people on an as needed basis. I'm not quite the latter, but am much closer to it than the former.
Being socially inclined or affiliative is not an antonym of introversion. And asocial or hyposocial extraverts exist as well as asocial and hyposocial introverts.
If you're a socially inclined person I greatly appreciate you having my back by poking at status norms to the extent feasible. :)
