The Promises of Headspace on Netflix

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A co-branded, high-tech partnership delivered in Silicon Valley’s self-optimizing parlance, Headspace Guide to Meditation is the latest attempt to repackage meditation practices as burnout-prevention tools that enable employees to work longer hours. Part autobiography, medical journal, and consumer testimonial, the Guide is careful to frame the Buddhist history of meditation in scientific terms…

We’ve gone from mindfulness, to an app about mindfulness, to a Netflix show about an app about mindfulness. And with each iteration, Headspace has adhered to the same basic algorithm: less Buddhism equals more accessibility.

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