CNN's John Sutter says positive thinking played a role in the financial meltdown of 2008. He argues that if you have to assure yourself everything is going to turn out well all the time, you're in trouble. We need something called realism - trying to understand what's really going on in the world without just coloring the world with our wishful thinking," he said.
One of our heroes Barbara Ehrenreich passed away earlier this year. She was one of America’s best undercover journalists. We once spoke with her about her book Bright Sided, her journey into the heart of American darkness: the positive thinking industry. Also we hear from an ex clan member who reveals the secret of the twinkling cross. Plus your host wonders “what would the founders do”
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