Why The Religion Of ‘Positive Thinking’ Needs To Be Burned At The Stake

There’s “positive thinking” and then there’s something else entirely. RSA Animate created this beautiful clip from a talk by journalist, author, and activist Barbara Ehrenreich — and it’s golden! Darth Vader shows up at 2:15 to dispel the myth of “The Secret.” At 4:10 is one of the key causes of the financial meltdown that…

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Jul 3, 2013

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