Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. NO LIMITS ii
3. Contents v
4. 1 The Phenomenon: The Self- Improvement Imperative 1
5. 2 The History: Ancient Philosophers, Priests, and Humanists in Search of Self- Knowledge and Perfection 9
6. 3 The Society: Modern Self- Obsession from Rousseau to Hipster Existentialism 25
7. 4 The Political Economy: Self- Taming and Exploitation Under Wellness Capitalism 41
8. 5 The Technology: Categorized, Measured, Quantified, and Enhanced, or Why AI Knows Us Better Than Ourselves 61
9. 6 The Solution (Part I) Relational Self and Social Change 79
10. 7 The Solution (Part II) Technologies That Tell Different Stories About Us 107
11. Notes 129
12. Index 139