2 thoughts on “David Brooks, Expertise, and the Fetishization of Happiness

  1. Nobody in modern society trusts their own opinion. (Hardly surprising, when we’re invariably told that opinion is always the result of racism, sexism, privilege, bigotry, or hidden self-interest.)

    Anyway. We invariably look for an external source to validate our opinions; because that means they aren’t opinions, really, but rather adherence to an objectively-proven superior method.Report

  2. I like this post quite a bit. There seems to be something very ephemeral about happiness too that, far from being a strike against it, makes it more precious. A fetish is something transient made permanent, so fetishizing happiness would likely end it.Report

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