looking glass

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In 2012, Lauren Rivera, a professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, coined the term "looking glass merit" to describe the unconscious tendency that humans have to define merit in a way that is self-validating.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

On a recent episode of What Next, we went through the looking glass in the Darién Gap.

From Slate • May 11, 2024

To understand what’s up with her mom, she’ll have to go through the looking glass.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

"Defendants have clearly stepped through the looking glass."

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2023

Who will buy me a looking glass that gets broke and a mockingbird that won’t sing?

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver