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I'm sorry, I can't click on titles like this anymore. I just can't do it. Is the article actually good?

• MRSallee 12y ago
  Yes, it's very good and the title is topically accurate. What's the problem?
  • iopq 12y ago
    The title got changed. It said "How a rebel psychologist..."
• beefman 12y ago
  I think the article is terrible. Just read this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Baumeister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Baumeister and perhaps do a find for "Baumeister" on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-esteem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-esteem
• david927 12y ago
  Your instincts are right; it's worth a skip. The article is both poorly written and largely obtuse. Its subject argues that promoting self-esteem leads to narcissism, and therefore is undesirable, while never fully grasping the obvious: that narcissism, despite appearances, is an artifact of low self-esteem.
  • WalterSear 12y ago
    It argues that attempts to artificially inflate self-esteem result in narcissism.
    • david927 12y ago
      That's a spurious distinction because it depends on defining artificial. In the end, the number of people who are truly inflated (which is the correct term I believe) are so few that this is an argument about over-eating discussed during a famine.
  • zem 12y ago
    yeah, the article had a lot of interesting information, but presented in a relentlessly axe-grinding style.