This is a short excerpt from a new post on my new blog, Pop Mythology.
People are always looking for shortcuts in life. We want the cheat codes in which wealth, status, health and love will all magically fall into our laps. Things like Get Rich Quick programs, Speed Seduction programs and 30-Day Body Transformation programs all fall under this rubric.
With no intention to offend anyone’s belief system, I believe that the whole “Create Your Own Reality” New Age movement, for instance (as exemplified by the bestselling book “The Secret,” which, to be fair, I’ve read), is a good example of this tendency.
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This is a short excerpt from a new post on my new blog, Pop Mythology.
People are always looking for shortcuts in life. We want the cheat codes in which wealth, status, health and love will all magically fall into our laps. Things like Get Rich Quick programs, Speed Seduction programs and 30-Day Body Transformation programs all fall under this rubric.
With no intention to offend anyone’s belief system, I believe that the whole “Create Your Own Reality” New Age movement, for instance (as exemplified by the bestselling book “The Secret,” which, to be fair, I’ve read), is a good example of this tendency.
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