How corporates co-opted mindfulness to make us bear the unbearable (2015)

Re:How corporates co-opted mindfulness to make us bear the u... by squozzer on Friday August 11, 2017 @02:51PM (#14993003)

I would say that most institutions that exist for moral edification -- religions, Boy Scouts, civic clubs -- do essentially the same thing which is align the attitudes of the weaker to the benefit of the stronger.

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Re:How corporates co-opted mindfulness to make us bear the u... by linksnapzz on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:21PM (#14993270)

Much the same way that popular media has sold socially-acceptable prepackaged rebellion for the mollification of disgruntled adolescents (and adolescents-at-heart) for decades...

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Re:How corporates co-opted mindfulness to make us bear the u... by 24gttghh on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:55PM (#14993525)

>socially-acceptable prepackaged rebellion

I am having a hard time coming up with an example of this.

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Re:How corporates co-opted mindfulness to make us bear the u... by twoquestions on Friday August 11, 2017 @04:03PM (#14993620)

Wild hair, Hot Topic, believing in politics contrary to the area you're in.

It's rebellion, but acceptable compared to bombing state offices or somesuch.

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