25-08-2025 15:08 via nytimes.com

Is Today’s Self-Help Teaching Everyone to Be a Jerk?

Draw boundaries. Protect your peace. Worry less about pleasing others. The prevailing (and best-selling) wisdom of the day encourages an inward turn.
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