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7 Toxic Ideas Polluting Your Mind

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Image by Andrew Selvaggio via Flickr  The title sounds scary. The book's cover looks scary. The truly alarming thing about the book, though, comes with the realization of how very common, how all-pervasive these ideas are in contemporary Western culture . If I were explaining any one of these ideas to the average American , she would nod in understanding and agreement as she listened. If I should suggest that this is one of seven ideas an author suggests is harmful, my listener would probably frown and say, "What? What's wrong with that?" What could possibly be problematic about the blessing of technology? Don't we all have to take our stand as individuals and do what's best for ourselves? Isn't it the mark of some kind of disorder if we're so concerned about others that we're not taking care of our own needs? And who  doesn't  know that no one has the right to boss  me  around? Why would I put up with nonsense like that? This is the 21st