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


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Apr 23 2018 51 mins   5

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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