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s04e14 | Self Esteem is for Suckers; Critical Thinking is for Everyone, with Steve Salerno
Season 4 · Episode 14

s04e14 | Self Esteem is for Suckers; Critical Thinking is for Everyone, with Steve Salerno

Calmversations · Benjamin Boyce

October 19, 20211h 31m

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Show Notes

Steve Salerno (@iwrotesham on twitter) is a professor of journalism at the University of Las Vegas, and author of several non-fiction books, among them SHAM: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless. In this discussion we speak about his perspective on the failure of mainstream journalism to adhere to ethical practices of critical thinking and truth seeking, how self-esteem movement has hobbled Gen X and beyond, and what's actually okay about being a boomer.

Find SHAM here: https://amzn.to/2Z4ZngF


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