McMindfulness
by Ronald Purser · first published 2019
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"A lively and razor-sharp critique of mindfulness as it has been enthusiastically co-opted by corporations, public schools, and the US military. Mindfulness is now all the rage. From celebrity endorsements to monks, neuroscientists and meditation coaches rubbing shoulders with CEOs at the World Economic Forum in Davos, it is clear that mindfulness has gone mainstream. Some have even called it a revolution. But what if, instead of changing the world, mindfulness has become a banal form of capitalist spirituality that mindlessly avoids social and political transformation, reinforcing the neoli
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on “Mindfulness-Based Programs Show Promise in Reducing Psychological Distress” ↗There's a book written by Ronald E Purser called "McMindfulness: How minfulness became the new capitalist spirituality" that tackles this very question. Certainly very enlightening.
on “Ask HN: Have you ever gone without a computer or phone for an extended period?” ↗…the most globally unequal times [1]. i just don’t know how relevant a hijacked practice is that misrepresents it’s origins. the way ‘mindfulness research’ filters down today is a type of gaslighting. ‘McMindfulness’ (as Ron Purser calls it - he wrote a book with that same term) is often a vanity project by CEOs/executives/school boards in the west who have too much time on their hands. they impose it on their organizations…
on “Sometimes mindlessness is better than mindfulness” ↗There is an "adapted from his book (McMindfulness)" attribution at the bottom. I think the problem is that the author thinks his opinions are facts,though.
on “The mindfulness conspiracy” ↗Relevant: "McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality" by Ronald Purser ''Provocatively illustrates how mindfulness has been hijacked by corporate interests, turned into an opiate of the masses, and…
on “Buddha and Mind” ↗