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How Advice Culture Makes Us Winners (And Losers)
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This is Part 1 of a series from 2022 called Self-Help, LLC. This summer, I’ll be republishing this series as I work on new essays and episodes. There’s a good chance this series is new to you, and if its previous reception is any indication, I think you’ll love it! If you listened to it the first time through, I’d love to know how it hits differently today.
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It’s hard to escape the language and politics of self-help today. Whether you’re browsing your LinkedIn, Instagram, or even TikTok feed, there’s a very good chance that the first post you see offers up some idea for living a better life or growing a more successful business. Shoulds and supposed-tos are cultural currency. We gain social capital by sharing advice or “giving value.” And that’s left me wondering: are we all in the self-help business now?
Today’s episode kicks off an 8-part series called Self-Help, LLC which will explore that question from a number of different angles. In this episode, I’m taking a close look at a particular construction of personal growth and entrepreneurship culture: winners and losers.
Footnotes:
- Dr. Rick for Progressive
- Why does the insurance industry have so many mascots? on Planet Money
- Self-Help, INC by Micki McGee
- More about Marshall McLuhan (”The medium is the message”)
- Nixon’s universal health care plan proposal
- Reaganism & Thatcherism
- The Old is Dying & the New Cannot be Born by Nancy Fraser
Find the essay version of this episode at whatworks.fyi and support my work critiquing and theorizing the 21st-century economy by becoming a premium subscriber for just $7 per month!
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Manage episode 428419043 series 2176757
This is Part 1 of a series from 2022 called Self-Help, LLC. This summer, I’ll be republishing this series as I work on new essays and episodes. There’s a good chance this series is new to you, and if its previous reception is any indication, I think you’ll love it! If you listened to it the first time through, I’d love to know how it hits differently today.
***
It’s hard to escape the language and politics of self-help today. Whether you’re browsing your LinkedIn, Instagram, or even TikTok feed, there’s a very good chance that the first post you see offers up some idea for living a better life or growing a more successful business. Shoulds and supposed-tos are cultural currency. We gain social capital by sharing advice or “giving value.” And that’s left me wondering: are we all in the self-help business now?
Today’s episode kicks off an 8-part series called Self-Help, LLC which will explore that question from a number of different angles. In this episode, I’m taking a close look at a particular construction of personal growth and entrepreneurship culture: winners and losers.
Footnotes:
- Dr. Rick for Progressive
- Why does the insurance industry have so many mascots? on Planet Money
- Self-Help, INC by Micki McGee
- More about Marshall McLuhan (”The medium is the message”)
- Nixon’s universal health care plan proposal
- Reaganism & Thatcherism
- The Old is Dying & the New Cannot be Born by Nancy Fraser
Find the essay version of this episode at whatworks.fyi and support my work critiquing and theorizing the 21st-century economy by becoming a premium subscriber for just $7 per month!
★ Support this podcast ★456 bölüm
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