As someone who has watched “Century of the Self” I’d guess it’s more along the lines of
What people want is not what they need. People don’t need much help to self-improve in ways which are already consonant with their natural desires and self-image. So any safe and effective self-improvement program would be a nonstarter in the free market because it would immediately repel the very people who could benefit from it.
As someone who has watched “Century of the Self” I’d guess it’s more along the lines of
What people want is not what they need. People don’t need much help to self-improve in ways which are already consonant with their natural desires and self-image. So any safe and effective self-improvement program would be a nonstarter in the free market because it would immediately repel the very people who could benefit from it.