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Selfie How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us

Will Storr

We live in the age of the individual. Every day, we’re bombarded with depictions of the beautiful, successful, slim, socially conscious, and extroverted individual that our culture has decided is the perfect self, and we berate ourselves when we don’t measure up. This model of the perfect self and t...

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Modern Wisdom

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Modern Wisdom

Storr mentioned that his earlier book Selfie was published in 2017 and received extensive media coverage.

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When Selfie was published, I think 2017, it was reviewed across all the newspapers. I was on the television. I was on Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

— Episode: #944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In St...

Episode: #944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

Storr mentioned that his earlier book Selfie was published in 2017 and received extensive media coverage.

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When Selfie was published, I think 2017, it was reviewed across all the newspapers. I was on the television. I was on Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

The conversation highlighted Selfie as Will's examination of the selfesteem movement, its myths, and how it shaped modern selfie culture and personal identity.

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In your book, Selfie, you talk a lot about selfesteem and the role that plays.

— Episode: The More Successful You Are The Longer Y...

Episode: The More Successful You Are The Longer You’ll Live...

The conversation highlighted Selfie as Will's examination of the selfesteem movement, its myths, and how it shaped modern selfie culture and personal identity.

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In your book, Selfie, you talk a lot about selfesteem and the role that plays.

that's the heart of selfie. It was just like this, this idea of, you know, how did selfie culture happen? How did we become so selfobsessed?

Monday Morning Podcast

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Monday Morning Podcast

It was discussed negatively as being a book solely comprised of Kim Kardashian's selfies, which was seen as a sign of a shift in human behavior and a step toward a decline in civilization.

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Kim Kardashian put out this book.

— Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 7-9-15

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 7-9-15

It was discussed negatively as being a book solely comprised of Kim Kardashian's selfies, which was seen as a sign of a shift in human behavior and a step toward a decline in civilization.

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Kim Kardashian put out this book.

And all the whole book is nothing but her selfies.

Not like a bunch of people taking selfies that would have been bad enough, but it was, it's all pictures of her and the cover of it is her just standing there with their arms extended out, you know, taking a picture with the pouty lips and her hair all wet.

It's just, it's, it's, and my wife admits, she goes, "I know, I know it's so bad. It's so bad, but I can't look away. I want it like,"

It's more the influence of that. Like that's going to influence somebody the way, the way when I saw great comedians, I wanted to be a comedian. There's like, I don't know. I guess whores need to be inspired too. Right?

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 7-9-15

It was described as a book solely filled with Kim Kardashian's selfies, including one on the cover with wet hair and pouty lips. Bill Burr expressed a negative reaction towards it, feeling that it represented a decline in human behavior.

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Kim Kardashian put out this book. Okay. And all the whole book is nothing but her selfies.

Not like a bunch of people taking selfies that would have been bad enough, but it was, it's all pictures of her and the cover of it is her just standing there with their arms extended out, you know, taking a picture with the pouty lips and her hair all wet.

It makes me, it gives me this awful feeling when I look at it. I can't describe it. It's just like that. I feel like there's a shift in, uh, just human behavior.

I just can't imagine anybody has taken enough selfies that it could fill up a fucking book and that you would think that someone would want to buy it.

I would say that that is, I'm actually getting depressed now. I don't know if you can hear my voice just talking about it.

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 8-10-15

Bill Burr's wife had bought it and he disliked it so much that he always turned it over when he saw it.

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Oh, we had that argument about it I'm still seeing that book over by the phone And I always have to turn it over.

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 7-9-15

It was discussed as a book of selfies, with the cover featuring Kim Kardashian in a pose taking a selfie. Bill Burr expressed his dislike for the book and the concept, finding it depressing.

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She put out a book of selfies of herself.

Not like a bunch of people taking selfies that would have been bad enough, but it was, it's all pictures of her and the cover of it is her just standing there with their arms extended out, you know, taking a picture with the pouty lips and her hair all wet.

It's just, it's, and my wife admits, she goes, "I know, I know it's so bad. It's so bad, but I can't look away. I want it like," but this just, I think that feeds into their, you know, wanting to be princesses and pretty and dressing up and getting ideas on how to fucking, you know, show off their tits in a new fucking way.

I just can't imagine anybody has taken enough selfies that it could fill up a fucking book and that you would think that someone would want to buy it.

I just hate her. I just can't stand her.

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 7-9-15

Bill Burr's wife purchased a book entirely composed of Kim Kardashian's selfies, which he found incredibly depressing and a sign of a shift in human behavior.

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Kim Kardashian put out this book. Okay. And all the whole book is nothing but her selfies.

Not like a bunch of people taking selfies that would have been bad enough, but it was, it's all pictures of her and the cover of it is her just standing there with their arms extended out, you know, taking a picture with the pouty lips and her hair all wet.

It's just, it's, it's, and my wife admits, she goes, 'I know, I know it's so bad. It's so bad, but I can't look away. I want it like',

I just can't imagine anybody has taken enough selfies that it could fill up a fucking book and that you would think that someone would want to buy it.

I just feel like there's this now this this I just hate her. I just can't stand her.

The Jordan Harbinger Show

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The Jordan Harbinger Show

It was discussed in depth and explored the idea that people are more concerned about what others think and how they compare themselves to others, especially with the rise of social media.

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Don't be misled by the title. This is a deep, thick, dense read and today, we'll explore the idea that we really care what others think about us, no surprise there.

— Episode: 33: Will Storr | Avoiding Self-Obsession...

Episode: 33: Will Storr | Avoiding Self-Obsession in the Ag...

It was discussed in depth and explored the idea that people are more concerned about what others think and how they compare themselves to others, especially with the rise of social media.

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Don't be misled by the title. This is a deep, thick, dense read and today, we'll explore the idea that we really care what others think about us, no surprise there.

The book itself entitled Selfie, it's not as sort of simple as I thought it was going to be, I thought okay he's going to talk about how we're all obsessed with ourselves and we're all narcissists dot dot dot the end but it gets quite a bit deeper than that and as it turns out not every society is as obsessed with itself as we are.

The book title is selfie how we became so self-obsessed and what it's doing to us.

Episode: 33: Will Storr | Avoiding Self-Obsession in the Ag...

It was discussed in depth, exploring the idea that societal pressures, particularly the influence of neoliberalism and social media, have led to increased self-obsession and unrealistic expectations.

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Don't be misled by the title. This is a deep, thick, dense read and today, we'll explore the idea that we really care what others think about us, no surprise there.

The book itself entitled Selfie, it's not as sort of simple as I thought it was going to be, I thought okay he's going to talk about how we're all obsessed with ourselves and we're all narcissists dot dot dot the end but it gets quite a bit deeper than that and as it turns out not every society is as obsessed with itself as we are.

The book title is Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us.

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