If you want to get ahead, you have to know how to market yourself. Neoliberalism teaches us that we are the only ones responsible for our successes – and for our failures. That’s dangerous, says Will Storr. The consequences can include self-doubt and depression. And, Storr continues, a society that’s too obsessed with itself becomes asocial. After all, people with high self-esteem can be truly unbearable.
In the video, journalist and author Will Storr analyses the background and historical details of our self-obsession.
Selfie: A Story of Self-Obsession
We photograph ourselves, curate our social media presences, are obsessed with ourselves. And it’s making us sick, says journalist Will Storr in his book “Selfie“, and in a video. He’ll speak at the GDI Trend Day on 14 March.
8 February, 2018
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GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute