I guess capitalism does offer choice?
/s
you’re joking, but “choice paralysis” is a real thing and actually makes people feel worse about their choices than if they had fewer options to choose from
https://youtu.be/VO6XEQIsCoM yes it’s a ted talk, but from back before they turned to shit
“If Books Could Kill” vibes.
I mean you need to know what your problem is before you cna get help for it. Sometimes finding the problem is harder than finding the solution tho.
Brilliant idea – I’m gonna write a book the helps people figure out which self-help book they need!
EDIT: I’m still working on the title, but right now I’m leaning toward “Self-Help Yourself to Self-Help”
Atomic Habits: How to use habits to build your own identity for the life you want.
12 Rules for Life: Follow these specific habits to take on the author’s identity for the life he thinks you must have.
Information is not truth.
The point of a teacher is to challenge the student. We become wiser by putting knowledge to the test, not by merely ingesting information. There is as much misinformation as there is true information, if not more. That is why learning is only complete once the misinformation is separated from the true information. And the only way to do that is to experience the information in the context of the real world.
This is just as true for machine learning/AI BTW.
Interestingly, each and every title portrayed here is, individually a lie, and collectively probably more accurate. Because the truth is usually much more nuanced and complicated than can be distilled into a short book title. But you won’t get that by reading a single book or author. And while reading multiple authors is closer to getting to the truth, the real truth is found when you put the books in context with your own experiences and reality.
That’s not an excuse for climate denial though. A teacher will rightfully tell you your world view is too small to experience climate change.