Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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raisinreads's review

informative inspiring slow-paced

2.0

The research that the author is actually accredited in is very interesting to read about. However, it is very abundantly clear how ableist and eurocentric the author is. The author should have stuck to what he knew, because all the other information in this book is BS. The ableism is not only offensive but lead to him making so many statements that are just plain wrong: neurodivergent people flow more often than anyone else I've ever met, they just don't flow in the systematic prescribed way, the way capitalism wants them to function. Anyways, in summary, I don't like the author and the book is riddled with lies toted as truths. Uninformed in so many areas he claims to be informed in, it's embarrassing, and disgusting. I wish white men didn't get all the funding money, because I would have much preferred to read any other person's research on this subject & it sucks to have to learn about a topic through such a disgustingly biased lens

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