Brian Lowery on the Myth of Rugged Individualism and What This Means for the America of the 2020s
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
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In this episode, Andrew talks to the Stanford Business School professor and author of Selfless, Brian Lowery, about the American mythology of rugged individualism and how we should be recognize the social dimensions of our selves.
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BRIAN LOWERY, PhD, is the Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Lowery’s research has been published in major scholarly journals and has been covered by media outlets such as the Washington Post, GQ, Psychology Today, Pacific Standard, Quartz, the Huffington Post, and NPR’s All Things Considered. He also hosts the podcast Know What You See.