Do Our Names Push Us Towards Certain Jobs?

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180404-do-our-names-push-us-toward-certain-jobs?utm_campaign=Hung%20Lee&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

OBSCURA

Issue #91

23 Apr 2020

Baker, Barber, Butcher, Painter: why we want to see our own selves reflected in what we do for a living. ‘Implicit egotism’ is the term, and guess what? It can backfire.