How Self-Worth Became an Economic Asset

To learn for free on Brilliant, go to https://brilliant.org/AnnaBocca/ . You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Instagram:   / annabocca_   Patreon:   / annabocca   Ever wondered where the obsession with self-esteem came from? In this video, I look at how the “self-esteem movement” became a billion-dollar industry — and how neoliberal ideas about individual responsibility turned self-love into yet another tool to advance an individualist agenda. This is the story of how self-esteem got commodified — and why the pressure to be confident might actually be making us miserable. Watch the movie about Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) Here are all the sources I used for the video: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h... Chapters: 00:00 - 02:10 Intro 02:11 - 03:41 Pride was a sin 03:42 - 07:45 Psychology and the early days of self-esteem 07:46 - 13:34 Ayn Rand, Trump and Alan Greenspan 13:35 - 14:44 Nathaniel Branden 14:45 - 20:29 A changing economy 20:30 - 22:12 Sponsor 22:13 - 26:14 The rise of consumerism 26:15 - 29:08 The corporate world and CEO narcissism This video was sponsored by Brilliant.