Here’s the type of review just about anyone would want to read about something they’ve done. In this case, it is Greg Lukianoff reviewing the latest book by Abigail Shrier:
“Bad Therapy” is simply a masterpiece — easily the most important book of the year. Unfortunately, it most desperately needs to be read by the very people who are likely most hostile to Shrier’s work. The book focuses on the harms of the therapeutic approach to raising our children and how the generation treated with the most psychological therapy and psychiatric drugs has become the most miserable, anxious, and disempowered generation on record.
I feel duty and honor bound to read this book—and to buy it in hard copy so I can pass it around to others to read.
But Lukianoff’s description itself is about why Shrier must fail. The analysis spells out the gory details.
It sounds like Shrier has written an echo chamber book -- destined to be read by those who agree and not by those who don't. I hope it is a financial success for her, but part of me asks, is there a point in writing it other than to make money (and nothing wrong with that)? If she, and others, can use it to create meaningful dialogue then wonderful. But, in this highly-divided world of ours, will that happen? Of course, the skepticism does not mean it is not worth the effort and I'll hope for the best, even while doubting it will make much of a difference. There are powerful financial forces invested in the current regime.
I'm reading it right now. If you don't want to read the book, she's given some stellar interviews. She's been on Joe Rogan and Honestly (which is a shorter interview than Rogan.)