The book is then essentially a series of examples explaining how shame is used to do one or the other of those two things - and also how social media allows people to shame others (mostly by punching down) so as to ‘virtue signal’. Shaming the powerless is bad, shaming the powerful for misusing their power is good. This division is used to divide shame into good and bad shame. However, the other idea here is that shame can also be used to punch up - that is, to shame the powerful and then bring meaningful change to the world. The parts of the book detailing her shame are quite challenging to read.Įssentially, the book is divided into two main ideas about shame: that too often shame is used to ‘punch down’ - that is, it is used to shame the powerless and so to keep them in their place. There is no question that this is the case. She makes it clear that, as an overweight woman, she knows more than enough about shame to write a book. This was something of a surprise, not least since it really wasn’t about statistics or anything else to do with mathematics. Essentially, the book is divided into two main ideas about shame: that too often sham I’ve read another book by this author - Weapons of Math Destruction. The parts of the book detailing her shame are quite challenging to read. I’ve read another book by this author - Weapons of Math Destruction. Whom does the system serve? Is it counter-productive to call out racists, misogynists, and vaccine skeptics? If so, when should someone be “canceled”? How do current incentive structures perpetuate the shaming cycle? And, most important, how can we all fight back?. With clarity and nuance, O’Neil dissects the relationship between shame and power. Woven throughout The Shame Machine is the story of O’Neil’s own struggle with body image and her recent decision to undergo weight-loss surgery, shaking off decades of shame. There are damning stories of rehab clinics, reentry programs, drug and diet companies, and social media platforms-all of which profit from “punching down” on the vulnerable. O’Neil explores the machinery behind all this shame, showing how governments, corporations, and the healthcare system capitalize on it.
After all, why pay higher taxes to fund programs for people who are fundamentally unworthy? Shaming children for not being able to afford school lunches or adults for not being able to find work lets us off the hook as a society.
It is increasingly being weaponized-used as a way to shift responsibility for social problems from institutions to individuals. But as Cathy O’Neil argues in this revelatory book, shaming has taken a new and dangerous turn. Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool: When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we reinforce values of fairness and justice. A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America’s “shame industrial complex” in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics-from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool: When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America’s “shame industrial complex” in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics-from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction
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