One Piece VS Your Best Possible Version
What does a pirate captain have to do with HR problems? A psychoanalytic essay on authenticity, the false self, and why imperfection builds stronger teams.
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Psychoanalysis × Pop Culture
Bonus Track: May the Force Be with You. And May the Empire Not Start Inside
A psychoanalytic reading of Star Wars, the aoidoi, Bandura, and the temptation to control what we love
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The April Fool’s Vaccine — Why We Need to Be Fooled
A psychoanalytical examination of why cultures institutionalize deception. Drawing on Thomas Ogden’s dialectical theory and Jaak Panksepp’s affective neuroscience, clinical psychoanalyst Oscar Rey de Castro (IPA) argues that the ritual of being fooled is a cognitive inoculation against gullibility — not a medical intervention, but a cultural one.
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Ash Ketchum, Stoicism vs Your 5AM Routine
Ash Ketchum vs the 5AM routine: Why the happiest countries don’t optimize. Psychoanalysis meets Pokémon and the economics of happiness. Stoicism, productivity culture, and play.
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