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hurricanejoe 's review for:
Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope
by Mark Manson
In "Everything is F*cked", Mark Manson expands up the question "What do you want to suffer for?" that he proffered in "The Subtle art of Not Giving a F*ck". He does this by evaluating what's wrong with the world and attempting to show us how happiness is not a worthwhile pursuit and hope is just an obstacle the keeps us from acting forward and positively towards worthwhile causes.
With a no-bullsh*t vernacular, Mark does a good job of pointing out many of the things that have isolated us as a species and kept us distracted. Mark is 100% correct in many of his observations, and it really struck a chord with me at regular intervals throughout the book. And then, towards the end, he seems to makes a Ray Kurzweil type of prophecy about how we'll likely be better off as a species under the control of AI. After spending the book arguing against religion and technology that distracts us, he's almost advocating for being controlled and distracted by an AI religion. It's a not-so-subtle suggestion that planet earth would be better off without humans. So much for not falling into the pit of despair and adopting a nihilistic viewpoint. Which, if I remember correctly, is what Mark was trying to argue against in the first place. And while pointing out how hope can keep us from acting and suffering towards a worthwhile goal on our own, I find that to be somewhat over-simplistic in a "pick yourself up by your bootstraps" sort of argument.
This book deals with some very interesting subject matter, and will definitely prompt you to re-evaluate where you spend the bulk of your energy. However, I found the end to be lousy and depressing in a way.
With a no-bullsh*t vernacular, Mark does a good job of pointing out many of the things that have isolated us as a species and kept us distracted. Mark is 100% correct in many of his observations, and it really struck a chord with me at regular intervals throughout the book. And then, towards the end, he seems to makes a Ray Kurzweil type of prophecy about how we'll likely be better off as a species under the control of AI. After spending the book arguing against religion and technology that distracts us, he's almost advocating for being controlled and distracted by an AI religion. It's a not-so-subtle suggestion that planet earth would be better off without humans. So much for not falling into the pit of despair and adopting a nihilistic viewpoint. Which, if I remember correctly, is what Mark was trying to argue against in the first place. And while pointing out how hope can keep us from acting and suffering towards a worthwhile goal on our own, I find that to be somewhat over-simplistic in a "pick yourself up by your bootstraps" sort of argument.
This book deals with some very interesting subject matter, and will definitely prompt you to re-evaluate where you spend the bulk of your energy. However, I found the end to be lousy and depressing in a way.