The Mindfulness Myth, with Ronald Purser and Helen Lewis
b"Mindfulness \\u2013 the psychological practice of bringing one's attention to the present moment through meditation \\u2013 has gone mainstream. It has been enthusiastically co-opted by Silicon Valley and other large corporations as well as schools, governments and even the U.S. military.\\xa0But what if, instead of changing the world, mindfulness has become a banal form of capitalist spirituality that mindlessly avoids social and political transformation, reinforcing the status quo? That's the view of Ronald\\xa0Purser, Professor of Management at San Francisco State University, Buddhist practitioner\\xa0and author of\\xa0McMindfulness. In this episode of the Intelligence Squared podcast, he was interviewed by Helen Lewis of The Atlantic on his radical critique of the mindfulness industry.\\xa0\\n\\nSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared.\\n\\nSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"