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This is one of the few books that's ever really touched my life and that i won't just drop off at the used bookstore. The title alone is very intriguing. I loved this masterpiece.
British author and journalist, oliver burkeman is a freaking genius; maybe even a prophet, shedding old light in a new time and place. Burkeman writes well.
The author gives a great deal of attention to the phrase memento mori while rather surreptitiously truncating its meaning. The latin phrase mementso mori, meaning “remember you must die”, was influential in art and religious life dating back to mediev... Read More
Cons
The author fails to mention hinduism, which has a strong focus on happiness. Buddhism is definitely a negative religion. There wasn't any spirituality in the book. The author is a self-help bookdevotee.
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Quality
Oliver burkemans wry wit combined with the books robust content make this a mustread
Stoicism buddhism and related philosophies of life all engage with the negative aspects of the human experience more actively t... Read More
The thing that struck me first about this book was the quality of the writing
The book does bog down near the middle some and wanders a bit off course with a bit too much time spent on some fringe topics b... Read More
Price
I owe burkeman several times the price of the book
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Such ideologies include survivor bias attributing success to factors that are largely irrelevant while ignoring stories of failure by those sharing those same attributes the idea of the self as an entity completely separate and independent of its environment which is shown as impossible and wellbeing as the obliteration of uncertainty often by extreme and irrational measures
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I learned a lot about so called positive thinking in this book
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True there was a point in midread when either my mind wandered or the author did not clearly explain the connection between the current topic and his main line of thought
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Second is a word that may have the same meaning acceptance of opensure which is the opposite of closure
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I recommend oliver burkemans the antidote to just about anyone whose search for certainty or belief in positive thinking as the path to happiness have not actually led them to the tranquility that they seek
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That would probably be most people
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