Venkatesh Rao@vgrCorporatism= Humanistic psych (Maslow, Rogers, positive psych).Quote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 4, 2016Hypothesis: every ideology is also a psychology theory. Monarchism= Freud. Jung= Communism. CBT= Neoliberalism. Trumpism= Greek temparaments11:12 PM · Aug 4, 20163 Likes
dazzle blockchain @emusdrinking·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @vgrNot to mention a noxious whiff of Skinner.11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @emusdrinkinga lot of it is anna freud (cf: adam curtis century of self documentary)... don't really get where she fits on the map21
Peter Jones @Redesign Network | SDA@redesign·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @vgrClear you haven't read Carl Rogers (On Becoming a Person) or Maslow on Eupsychian Management. Pls don't insult humanistic psychology.1
Peter Jones @Redesign Network | SDA@redesign·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @vgrCorporatism is 'actually' aligned to the efficiency values of early industrial psych (Taylor) & behaviorism (Skinner).11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @redesignNo, it's based on Elton Mayo/Human Relations. Skinner had very low impact. Taylor is OR, not psych. http://ribbonfarm.com/2008/11/23/the-ideology-of-the-organization-man/…11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @redesignI've read good chunks of both, but feel free to assume whatever is most convenient to you1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 5, 2016Replying to @redesignYou're claiming intellectual turf, and being aggressively territorial about it. Call it 'soul in the game' if you like.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 5, 2016Replying to @redesignI get that it might have hit a nerve and you have a lot invested in this. But holy cows and fight clubs like Twitter don't mix.
Andrew G. Gibson@agtgibson·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @vgrWeirdly neoliberal probably should be Lacanian, so they can drain you forever. CBT a fairly quick fix. The maker movement therapy?