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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
Deel 1 was leuk, maar hier was helaas geen touw aan vast te knopen..
He takes a lot of large ideas and mashes them into a few self created analogies. Greatly simplifying said ideas. The first part sets it up and, IMO, the second part knocks it down.
I know some folks are down on his tongue in cheek tone, but if one wants to bring these ideas to the masses, one will need to make it a little more assessable. I think he is successful at this.
I also like the thesis of this book.
I know some folks are down on his tongue in cheek tone, but if one wants to bring these ideas to the masses, one will need to make it a little more assessable. I think he is successful at this.
I also like the thesis of this book.
I enjoyed this book a bit more than his first book and I've become to truly appreciate this authors style. Mark Mason covers a lot of different topics in this book and touches upon various ideas, but he somehow magically connects it in an harmonious way. A few takeaways from this book include, but not limited to include the following:
1.The rational mind is not capable of making the best decisions. You need to appeal to both the Thinking Brain and the Feeling Brain to make better decisions in the present.
2. Accepting life’s truths and following principles is better than hoping or creating belief systems. Nietzsche asked us to look beyond good and evil to accept the uncomfortable truths about life, such as insignificance and death. He called this embrace-the-void approach “Amor Fati,” which means “love one’s fate.”
3. The pursuit of happiness leads to more depression and anxiety. True freedom and happiness come when your well-being is not dependent on the comfort that comes from emerging products and services.
1.The rational mind is not capable of making the best decisions. You need to appeal to both the Thinking Brain and the Feeling Brain to make better decisions in the present.
2. Accepting life’s truths and following principles is better than hoping or creating belief systems. Nietzsche asked us to look beyond good and evil to accept the uncomfortable truths about life, such as insignificance and death. He called this embrace-the-void approach “Amor Fati,” which means “love one’s fate.”
3. The pursuit of happiness leads to more depression and anxiety. True freedom and happiness come when your well-being is not dependent on the comfort that comes from emerging products and services.
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I can see why many folks don't like this book. It's uncomfortable and says plenty that will irritate folks.
Especially the section about creating your own religion. It says hope is not the goal but embracing the suck. It trashes man's implementation of religion and hopes that AI will create better humans.
I don't agree with all of Mr. Manson's conclusions but they are worth thinking about and come to your own conclusion.
I don't agree with all of Mr. Manson's conclusions but they are worth thinking about and come to your own conclusion.
Read this book as it was gifted to me. Wouldn't have chosen to read it otherwise and don't think I would be lacking much for that decision. The book has some interesting points but overall disjointed and didn't leave me with much to takeaway.
dark
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Was not enjoying it nor getting anything out of it
I don't know why I thought to pick this up because I didn't even like the other book that much. I thought the starting was promising but then it just lost me