Comments on: A book for people who can’t stand positive thinking: The Antidote, by Oliver Burkeman

By: Pragmatico

Pragmatico — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

There is also a similar book called. Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World by Barbara Ehrenreich.

The problem of positive thinking is that it often numbs our critical thinking ..

By: vic

vic — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:43:00 +0000

How true, Mr Burkeman. Reminds me of a cartoon where a young boy wrote the word “SIX” on a wall. An adult approached him and warned him not to write “SEX”. Unwittingly, the boy started to write “Sex” on every available wall.

By: Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:19:02 +0000

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_harness_the_power_of_negative_thinking

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-positive-thinking-be-negative/

http://edge.org/panel/june-gruber-the-scientific-study-of-positive-emotion-headcon-13-part-ii

Have a look at these links too.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:32:55 +0000

And here’s something else to read as an antidote to positive thinking:

http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/amol-rajan-be-very-afraid-a-storm-is-coming-in-from-china-9452294.html

By: A. Charles

A. Charles — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:21:35 +0000

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/05/28/being-a-cynic-linked-to-tripled-risk-of-developing-dementia-finland-study-suggests/

By: Calculator

Calculator — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:06:17 +0000

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/22/the-antidote-oliver-burkeman-review

“Even deeper than the problems caused by the pervasive ideology of positive thinking is the assumption that it makes good sense to categorise all our thoughts as positive or negative in the first place.”

By: admin

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:04:28 +0000

http://www.oliverburkeman.com/

http://www.theguardian.com/profile/oliverburkeman

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/thiscolumnwillchangeyourlife