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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
If there is one thing I got out of this book it is this: real life is one big cycle of dystopian novels.
On a more serious note, in undergraduate college I, as a psychology major, took many psychology courses. Two of those were electives: positive psychology and existential psychology. If you ever want to dabble in either of those topics, this book is a good place to start since I feel every topic covered in some way fits into those two areas. It was a nice refresher and brought me back to warm, fuzzy feelings of reliving my favorite classes.
Word of caution - I wouldn't quite view this as "self-help" so it's probably better if you don't go in thinking that. This is more so a book about challenging your perspective and viewing the world differently.
On a more serious note, in undergraduate college I, as a psychology major, took many psychology courses. Two of those were electives: positive psychology and existential psychology. If you ever want to dabble in either of those topics, this book is a good place to start since I feel every topic covered in some way fits into those two areas. It was a nice refresher and brought me back to warm, fuzzy feelings of reliving my favorite classes.
Word of caution - I wouldn't quite view this as "self-help" so it's probably better if you don't go in thinking that. This is more so a book about challenging your perspective and viewing the world differently.
Interesting but reads very disjointedly; the last chapter of AI comes out of left field.
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
This boom actually hit me with even more existential dread than I started with. While a cynical message of accepting that there is no purpose in life might work for some, it is not a one size fits all. The author is also a super tech bro who later in the book writes about how AI running our lives will actually make us happier. A huge miss. It took the parts I didn’t love about his previous book and expanded them greatly. I won’t look back at all on this book with any regret for not finishing it.
I struggle with how to rate this book. For one, it took me a long time to read.. too long. Many times I would forget what I had read and re read because I got bored of things got oversimplified. By the end, if I had read something and it didn’t make sense, I didn’t even bother to go back and read read it. But it’s worth of 2 stars for a few reasons. Something I really like about Mark Manson is that he is a Wikipedia of sorts - his message I don’t trust, but he provides topics that interest me and I want to look further into. It’s like he brushes on people, places, or things that hint towards greatness, but doesn’t himself get there. His first book was much better (Subtle Art) but even that had its ups and downs. If he has written other books, I will pass on them, but it is worth thumbing through this one. Just don’t expect to be enlightened or get an actual message about hope (or a lack of it), but rather a before bed nightstand book to poke through to fall asleep.
informative
reflective
Audiobook.
There were some boring parts in the middle but overall really liked the story telling aspect of it.
Lots of philosophy and sociology questions and dilemmas which I really dig.
What I took away from the book:
- feeling Vs thinking brain. The feeling brain always wins
- blue dot phenomenon. Whenever things go well our brains expect and create dilemmas
- non fragility. Going through bad things and resistance to build yourself.
There were some boring parts in the middle but overall really liked the story telling aspect of it.
Lots of philosophy and sociology questions and dilemmas which I really dig.
What I took away from the book:
- feeling Vs thinking brain. The feeling brain always wins
- blue dot phenomenon. Whenever things go well our brains expect and create dilemmas
- non fragility. Going through bad things and resistance to build yourself.
informative
medium-paced