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Personal Perspectives

On the Freud Trail in Vienna

Barry Yourgrau on September 29, 2023

A personal perspective: Having just visited Vienna's newly reconceived Freud Museum, I take a fresh look at some of Freud's key Vienna places and their stories.

A personal perspective: Having just visited Vienna's newly reconceived Freud Museum, I take a fresh look at some of Freud's key Vienna places and their stories.

Freudian Psychology

A Fresh Eye on Sigmund Freud's Berggasse 19

Barry Yourgrau on September 24, 2023

Assessing the radical renovations at Berggasse 19, the Sigmund Freud Museum, which I last saw in 2013.

Assessing the radical renovations at Berggasse 19, the Sigmund Freud Museum, which I last saw in 2013.

A little fiction to show the anxiety of writing non-fiction

Heuristics

The Story Behind Marie Kondo

Barry Yourgrau on January 26, 2016

Not everyone in Japan is so smitten....

Not everyone in Japan is so smitten....

Addiction

Our Consumer Culture’s Double Bind for Hoarders

Barry Yourgrau on December 17, 2015

One image that neatly distills how profoundly mixed are the messages about over-acquisition in our society.

One image that neatly distills how profoundly mixed are the messages about over-acquisition in our society.

Consumer Behavior

My Visit to an Extreme Hoarder

Barry Yourgrau on November 7, 2015

I was, at last, in hoarding Valhalla: ghastly, derelict, oppressive, aesthetically astounding, most piles and surfaces grayed with dust.,

I was, at last, in hoarding Valhalla: ghastly, derelict, oppressive, aesthetically astounding, most piles and surfaces grayed with dust.,

Freudian Psychology

Clutter vs. Hoarding vs. Collecting

Barry Yourgrau on September 24, 2015

"To hell with your problem, whaddya got for me there, baby?”

"To hell with your problem, whaddya got for me there, baby?”

OCD

Objects and Memories...and the Pain of Letting Go

Barry Yourgrau on August 24, 2015

The Pain of Letting Go

The Pain of Letting Go