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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

How Whole Foods, yoga, and NPR became the hallmarks of the elite

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Paradox of Motivation

Sally Kohn: It may feel that we are trying to make more ethical and culturally informed decisions. But actually what we're trying to do when we shop at Whole Foods or listen to the ESS is signify our membership in a class, she says. "It's completely normal human nature that you want to reveal your social position is all right," writes Kohn. 'I think it's quite complicated to know why we make these decisions that we feel informed but not necessarily steeped in rationality'

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