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33: Will Storr | Avoiding Self-Obsession in the Age of the Selfie
Episode 33

33: Will Storr | Avoiding Self-Obsession in the Age of the Selfie

The Jordan Harbinger Show · Jordan Harbinger

April 24, 201849m 2s

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Show Notes

Will Storr (@wstorr) is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us.

What We Discuss with Will Storr:
  • What is the neoliberal self?
  • Are we born with innate self-obsession, or is it picked up along the way?
  • What happens when our fictionalized sense of self clashes with reality?
  • Why do we overprivilege and credit select individuals for the accomplishments of many while blaming ourselves for not living up to their impossible examples?
  • The dangers of perfectionistic thinking.
  • And much more...

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