RSA Animate - Smile or Die

Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positive thinking.

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[GengisTV]

Hi,

can someone please tell me how i can have a video made in this format??

Thanks!!

[theRSAorg]

@GengisTV Contact Cognitive Media, please go via the contact form on their website.

[dannygoodwinphoto]

@NocturnalCrab2 This is exactly what the video is trying to point out. Because of lack of realists in society, we manage to make poor decisions and do not weigh up the negatives of the actions we take. It's all well and good surrounding yourself with positive minded people, but there is a difference between positive in going forward, and absent-minded positiveness

[MrChadBoner]

@Zaywex Meh, I've trolled people hard over the years, and it takes a little bit more wit and skill than just making yourself look hopelessly retarded. Trolling is a true art form, and too many neckbeards hide behind their shitposting by proclaiming themselves to be some internet Andy Kaufman or something when they get called out. Just sayin'.

[WhereHawksFly]

@MrChadBoner "...too many neckbeards hide behind their shitposting by proclaiming themselves to be some internet Andy Kaufman or something when they get called out."

Fan-fucking-tastic. Many thumbs up to you and yours.

[roddyrodrodrod]

interesting video.

[cmtsoccer9]

this is one of the smartest videos I've ever seen

[motorcyclefairings01]

How old seem to be

[yowanvista]

Why isn't this available in 480 or 720P?

[lilywondertwin]

@autompd The Secret is a rehash of books from the 1980's which say you attract experiences through your thoughts . So if my kid gets cancer I thus must have "attracted" this with my mind. This is a way to deal with things out of our control. Did everyone who is unemployed now or losing their home attract it? What about all the negative people in the world who have lots of money and don't lose their jobs etc? It is all based on logic and life nor prayer or logical.

[PocketBeemRocket]

2:50 Smeg... Lots and lots of smeg.

Frackn smegheads.

[144jr144]

Some good points. However, the idea that the "invisible hand" is inherently benevolent is just as delusional as the idea that collective interventionism (like communism) is inherently benevolent.

[TiestMD]

waahhh... jadi lebih semangat nih setelah liat video ini... ^.^

terimakasih....

[whicheverwayable]

She has some very good points but I question aspects of what she says. She definitely is a skilled writer but uses this to cherry pick and manipulate many of the facts. The chapter on positive psychology is one example, it was terribly inaccurate. It’s a shame really because a lot of what she has to say is important but she is no expert in scientific writing.