Atlantic piece on happiness reminds me of Ehrenreich's assault on the idiocy of our obsession with positive thinking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJGMFu74a70 …
@RyanNewYork he has always worked on things like meaning but in her book she puts him in the "smiley face" camp (and there is no such camp)
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@avantgame He might not be in that camp, but there is a camp. What about all the Rhonda Byrnes of the world? -
@RyanNewYork the Secret is obviously horrendous and bullshit :) but I take offense to "critics" who criticize something that doesn't exist
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@avantgame I'd like to read a negative review of Bright Sided. I'm open to being positive. -
@RyanNewYork talk to anyone with a PhD doing work in positive psychology and they can explain why her critique is bs, vilifying strawmen
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