Are meditation apps the modern 'opiate of the masses'?
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Coined by Karl Marx in the 19th Century to describe the role religion played in placating the working class of the Industrial Age, it seems to me that the rise of a very specific kind of “mindfulness” that has seized the (largely millennial) imagination over the last 5 years or so may also be deserving of filling the void as a modern “opiate of the masses”.
Are meditation apps the modern 'opiate of the masses'?
Are meditation apps the modern 'opiate of the…
Are meditation apps the modern 'opiate of the masses'?
Coined by Karl Marx in the 19th Century to describe the role religion played in placating the working class of the Industrial Age, it seems to me that the rise of a very specific kind of “mindfulness” that has seized the (largely millennial) imagination over the last 5 years or so may also be deserving of filling the void as a modern “opiate of the masses”.