The Strange Psychology of Manifesting: Why Believers Feel Successful Even When They’re Not (opens in new tab)

There are few things more modern than watching somebody explain quantum mechanics incorrectly while sitting inside a leased white SUV. This, more or less, is the internet economy now. A woman named Skylar—or possibly Ashlynn—speaks directly into the camera while burning ethically sourced sage and explaining that abundance entered her life immediately after she began “aligning with wealth frequency.” Somewhere in the background sits a ring light glowing with the intensity of a minor religious ...