Improving Ourselves to Death | The New Yorker
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What the self-help gurus and their critics reveal about our times.
Save this story Save this story Self-help advice reflects the beliefs and priorities of the era that spawned it. Illustration by Nishant Choksi Audio: Listen to this story. To hear more feature stories, download the Audm app for your iPhone. Happy New Year, you! Now that the champagne has gone flat and the Christmas tree is off to be mulched, it’s time to turn your thoughts to the months ahead. 2017 was a pustule of a year, politically and personally; the general anxiety around the degradation of American democracy made it hard to get much done. That’s O.K., though, because you’ve made new res
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