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Wonder Cabinet

Narcissism (Repeat)

Wonder Cabinet

Wonder Cabinet Productions

Society & Culture, Wonder, Philosophy, Ttbook, Knowledge, Interview

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Are we living in a Golden Age of Narcissism? The Narcissist Next Door - Jeffrey Kluger; The Americanization of Narcissism - Elizabeth Lunbeck; Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself - Anneli Rufus; Dangerous Idea: We Matter; On Our Minds: Sam Harris.

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0:00.0

Support for WPR comes from Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona, presenting 10 exhibitions per year,

0:06.8

and home to masterworks by Picasso, Van Gogh, and Loitza's Washington Crossing the Delaware.

0:12.5

M.M.A.m.org.

0:18.5

It's to the best of our knowledge. I'm Anne Strain Champs.

0:21.5

Today, narcissism.

0:23.5

You ask me if I have a God complex.

0:26.0

Let me tell you something.

0:27.5

I am God.

0:28.7

I thought we were talking about me.

0:30.9

Narcissism, narcissism, narcissism, narcissistic epidemic.

0:36.7

And there is Facebook in fame and fortune who is the famous one.

0:43.3

Facebook is a narcissist's dream come true since it provides an endless arena of adoration.

0:50.3

And is self-admiration compared to self-esteem?

0:55.0

Narcissists take criticism terribly, partly because in many cases it's actually a masquerade to hide its exact opposite, a deep well of self-loathing and lack of self-esteem.

1:07.0

Yes, I think of the boy, and you hear that ever last to begin. Steve. I thought we were talking about me.

1:20.6

What I'm talking about me?

1:21.6

What again with you?

1:24.6

Nobody wants to be a narcissist. One of those relentless self-promoters, the person who thinks

1:30.9

everything he does is great, or who can't stop talking about herself. But look at Facebook or

1:36.7

Twitter, and that could be any of us, right? And in social media, we all talk about ourselves

1:41.9

all the time, post selfies, tweet our lunch plans.

1:46.1

So maybe this really is a golden age of narcissism.

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