The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation (Unabridged) The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation (Unabridged)

The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation (Unabridged‪)‬

    • 4.3 • 3 Ratings
    • $14.99

    • $14.99

Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America’s “shame industrial complex” in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics—from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction

“O’Neil reminds us that we must resist the urge to judge, belittle, and oversimplify, and instead allow always for complexity and lead always with empathy.”—Dave Eggers, author of The Every

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Times (UK)

Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool: When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we reinforce values of fairness and justice. But as Cathy O’Neil argues in this revelatory book, shaming has taken a new and dangerous turn. It is increasingly being weaponized—used as a way to shift responsibility for social problems from institutions to individuals. Shaming children for not being able to afford school lunches or adults for not being able to find work lets us off the hook as a society. After all, why pay higher taxes to fund programs for people who are fundamentally unworthy?
 
O’Neil explores the machinery behind all this shame, showing how governments, corporations, and the healthcare system capitalize on it. There are damning stories of rehab clinics, reentry programs, drug and diet companies, and social media platforms—all of which profit from “punching down” on the vulnerable. Woven throughout The Shame Machine is the story of O’Neil’s own struggle with body image and her recent weight-loss surgery, which awakened her to the systematic shaming of fat people seeking medical care.

With clarity and nuance, O’Neil dissects the relationship between shame and power. Whom does the system serve? Is it counter-productive to call out racists, misogynists, and vaccine skeptics? If so, when should someone be “canceled”? How do current incentive structures perpetuate the shaming cycle? And, most important, how can we all fight back?

GENRE
Nonfiction
NARRATOR
CO
Cathy O'Neil
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
05:54
hr min
RELEASED
2022
March 22
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
354.7
MB

Listeners Also Bought

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Unabridged) Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Unabridged)
2016
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters (Unabridged) The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters (Unabridged)
2018
Letting Go of God (Original Staging) Letting Go of God (Original Staging)
2023
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself (Unabridged) Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself (Unabridged)
2021
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure (Unabridged) The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure (Unabridged)
2018
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience (Unabridged) Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience (Unabridged)
2022