There is a better youtube clip on the "Smile or Die" thesis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJGMFu74a70
Quoting tim sims <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear all,
> If you google ' rsa animate smile or die' you get her beautifully
> summarised message in 10 minutes!
> best wishes
> Tim Sims
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 20 Jul 2011, at 15:09, Christine O'hanlon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
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>>
>> Thanks Alan for the reference -I must read it! Christine O'H
>>
>> Marie,
>>>
>>> There is a new book by Barbara Ehrenreich that is entitled 'Smile or
>>> Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World'. You may
>>> wish to read it as an example how forcing smiles is actually
>>> counterproductive.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Product Description
>>>
>>> This brilliant new book from the author of Nickel and Dimed and Bait
>>> and Switch explores the tyranny of positive thinking, and offers a
>>> history of how it came to be the dominant mode in the USA. Ehrenreich
>>> conceived of the book when she became ill with breast cancer, and
>>> found herself surrounded by pink ribbons and platitudes. She balked at
>>> the way her anger about having the disease was seen as unhealthy and
>>> dangerous by health professionals and other sufferers. In her droll
>>> and incisive analysis of the cult of cheerfulness, Ehrenreich ranges
>>> across contemporary religion, business and the economy, arguing, for
>>> example, that undue optimism and a fear of giving bad news sowed the
>>> seeds for the current banking crisis. She argues passionately that the
>>> insistence on being cheerful actually leads to a lonely focus inwards,
>>> a blaming of oneself for any misfortunes, and thus to political
>>> apathy. Rigorous, insightful and bracing as always, and also
>>> incredibly funny, "Smile or Die" uncovers the dark side of the 'have a
>>> nice day' nation.
>>>
>>>
>>> About the Author
>>>
>>> BARBARA EHRENREICH is the author of fourteen books, including the
>>> bestselling Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. She lives in
>>> Virginia, USA.
>>>
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