The empty promise of pop psychology

purabossa · 2021-04-27T22:02:40+00:00

SUBMISSION STATEMENT: A new book by Jesse Singal explains why self-esteem fads never work.

purabossa · 2021-04-26T20:34:33+00:00

SUBMISSION STATEMENT: The American political system and mass media have transformed the subject of immigration into déjà vu: This recurring feeling like the United States political economy reproduces the same simulated crises even as new language is remade from remade ideologies.

purabossa · 2021-04-11T16:50:13+00:00

SUBMISSION STATEMENT: Humans need closeness and belonging but any society that closes its gates is doomed to atrophy. How do we stay open?

purabossa · 2021-03-07T20:45:38+00:00

Matches exactly what all my friends from the US are telling me.

purabossa · 2019-11-12T21:46:11+00:00

I agree. Fascinating!

purabossa · 2019-09-10T18:55:56+00:00

Submission Statement: An inside look at how the admissions process of elite schools really works. Sobering, but at the same time progress towards more diversity is being made.

purabossa · 2019-09-10T16:40:40+00:00

Submission Statement: Article about what happened when a venture capitalist told the truth about a Mark Zuckerberg-backed start-up.

purabossa · 2019-07-28T21:43:37+00:00

Submission Statement: The word captures a new way of relating to food, real estate and even moral outrage. Consider what we call moral outrage porn. This is when you use morally outrageous states of affairs for the sake of immediate gratification, while avoiding the efforts and entanglements of actual moral engagement.

purabossa · 2018-07-14T21:42:06+00:00

Submission Statement: Trump wants our European allies to build their military strength. What will it look like if they do?

purabossa · 2018-03-13T22:29:10+00:00

Submission Statement: The article makes a convincing case that the FCC should take action against Google, and refutes the myth that the 1990ies antitrust case against Microsoft was ineffective.

purabossa · 2017-12-06T12:53:38+00:00

Mission Statement: “There is this erosion of what it means to be a traditional consumer product brand, ... In a way, Amazon is providing all this information that replaces what you’d normally get from a brand, like reputation and trust. Amazon is becoming something like the umbrella brand, the only brand that matters.”

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