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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
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Explains a lot about why US adults have so much anxiety.
A solid analysis that proves the existence of tribe behavior, but lacks practical tips on how to leverage it.
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I wish this was longer. There are so many ideas packed into this small volume and I wish there had been more. Junger looks at what bonds people together, historically and what is lacking in today's America. Incredibly easy to read and wonderfully thought provoking.
Best quotes:
“Human beings need three basic things in order to be content: they need to feel competent at what they do; they need to feel authentic in their lives; and they need to feel connected to others."
Tribe: the people you would help feed and help defend.
Best quotes:
“Human beings need three basic things in order to be content: they need to feel competent at what they do; they need to feel authentic in their lives; and they need to feel connected to others."
Tribe: the people you would help feed and help defend.
This is a very short and very readable book and I feel like it bites off just as much as it can chew. Plenty of data to prove and great stories to make you understand what it's talking about, and it's basically talking about human nature. But it's not going into a full picture or final answer about human nature, it just talks about a few aspects of it. I've read some criticisms of the book for example for treating native americans as uniform civilizations but to me it seems more that those things are just a price to pay for the book to be very short, and while certainly valid criticisms, they don't take away from the core message of the book... which is interesting because the only reason I would hesitate to say everyone should read it is I think the book is pretty vulnerable to the confirmation bias of the reader, for example I can easily imagine a conservative reader saying about the book "See, war does make boys into men!". Similarly for me this book is a powerful argument against capitalism, but it's not a straightforward one at least, so I guess I hope that at least my confirmation bias is not that strong.
4.5
Powerful book with a great message. Definitely worth a re-read.
Powerful book with a great message. Definitely worth a re-read.
informative
fast-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced