{"product_id":"2940170549399","title":"Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing To Us","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are living in an age of heightened individualism. Success is a personal responsibility. Our culture tells us that to succeed is to be slim, rich, happy, extroverted, popular, and flawless. We have become self-obsessed. And our expectation of perfection comes at a cost. Millions are suffering under the torture of this impossible fantasy. The pressure to conform to this ideal has changed who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was not always like this. To explain how we got here, award-winning journalist Will Storr leads us on a \"terrific tour through the history of self-obsession\" (NPR, On Point) that explores the origins of this notion of the perfect self that torments so many of us: Where does this ideal come from? Why is it so powerful? Is there any way to break its spell?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of thrilling and unexpected connections among history, psychology, economics, neuroscience, and more, \u003ci\u003eSelfie\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable audiobook that makes sense of who we have become. Ranging from Ancient Greece, through the Christian Middle Ages, to the self-esteem evangelists of 1980s California, the rise of the \"selfie\" generation, and the era of hyper-individualism in which we live now, \u003ci\u003eSelfie\u003c\/i\u003e tells the epic tale of the person we all know so intimately amp;mdash; because it's us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105027408112,"sku":"2940170549399","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170549399_p0.jpg?v=1763712059","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170549399","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}