Annotated Bib- Alexa Beaubrun (2)

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Alexa Beaubrun
English 170
Vinciguerra
12 October 2022
Annotated Bibliography
Rosenberg, Scott. “The Unbearable Irony of Meditation Apps | Backchannel.” Wired, Conde Nast, 30 Aug. 2017, https://www.wired.com/story/the-unbearable-irony-of-meditation-apps/.
Rosenberg is an editor for the digital magazine Backchannel and has been writing online since 1994. A link directory to Scott Rosenberg’s name became nearly immediately available in the article, allowing readers to access the credibility of the author. Off the bat, Rosenberg addresses the flawed and hypocritical nature of meditation apps– pointing out the frills, stress-inducing notifications, and in-app purchases. This attention to the hypocritical nature of mindfulness apps adds perfectly to my point in addressing the commodification of mental health apps.
Shachtman, Noah. “In Silicon Valley, Meditation Is No Fad. It Could Make Your Career.” Wired, Conde Nast, 18 June 2013, https://www.wired.com/2013/06/meditation-mindfulness-silicon-valley/.
Author, Noah Shachtman, currently holds the title of Editor-In-Chief of Rolling Stone magazine and held this title formerly for The Daily Beast. A link at the top of the article was able to lead to a string of articles that he has contributed to
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WIRED. Shachtman goes on to acknowledge the co-opting that Silicon Valley has utilized in efforts for workers to complete their agenda better than ever. This of course relates to the tech industry cherry picking aspects of culture in order to profit off of it (or contribute to creating a better profit).
Simão, João. “Some Tensions between Capitalism and Buddhism: A Reflection from McMindfulness.” International Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Society, vol. 9, no. 3, Sept. 2019, pp. 75–88. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v09i03/75-88.
In this text, Professor João Simão of Universidade Aberta analyzes the spread of mindfulness culture from Buddhism to western society. He points out the concept of McMindfulness which is a capitalism-infiltrated version of the authentic culture mindfulness was derived from. Simao does a deep dive into the origins of Buddhist meditation and mindfulness practices into the history of medical mindfulness practices in the US. A word brought up frequently in the text is materialism, which the author uses to reflect the steady shift that the US has brought to this culture.
Wrenn, Mary V. “Corporate Mindfulness Culture and Neoliberalism.” Review of Radical Political Economics, vol. 54, no. 2, June 2022, pp. 153–70. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1177/04866134211063521.
Scholar and economist, Mary Wrenn is a researcher who takes a specific interest in neoliberalism. The author establishes a clear foundation for what capitalism is and must thrive on to survive– complacency. She then is able to explain and break
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down the infiltration of corporate mindfulness in the workspace of Americans. Wrenn’s analysis is crucial to my understanding and research of this paper due to the specific language, details, and expertise of her knowledge.