Everything Is F*cked : A Book About Hope [Paperback] Mark Manson

"You must love someone without expecting anything in return; otherwise it's not true love. You must respect someone without expecting anything in return; otherwise you don't truly respect him. You must speak honestly without expecting a pat on the back or a high-five or a gold star next to your name; otherwise you aren't truly being honest." This reads more like a collection of blog posts rather than an actual book. There were parts in this book that were well researched, provided excellent points and made me really think and take a hard look at some aspects of my life. Then there are parts were ideas that need a nuanced view are oversimplified and mental health and other related concepts are preposterously generalized. Even though the subjects in the book had nothing to do with white male privilege, I felt mansplained to quite a few times. Probably because he oftens speaks about things in a very patronizing manner. It was overall lacking the playfulness of his first book and I couldn't really connect with the overarching story of the book.

Regt zum Nachdenken an, ich habe viel mitgeschrieben. Ich war allerdings überrascht davon, dass es eher abstrakte Philosophie enthält und wenig praktischen Übertrag. Ein effektives Takeaway für das eigene Leben konnte ich daher nur begrenzt rausziehen. Ich fand die Inhalte auch nicht aus genügend Perspektiven dargestellt. Trotzdem eine sehr interessante Sammlung verschiedener Theorien von Platon über Kant bis zu den eigenen Gedanken des Autors zum Thema Hoffnung, Religion/Ideologie, Sinn des Lebens, Freiheit und der Beziehung von "pain" und "happiness" - inklusive einer überraschenden finalen Schlussfolgerung.

if you already read his first book it is a great addition

Interessante Denkanstöße. Das Ende etwas deprimierend. Andererseits hofft man dann schon fast resignierend auf die AI Revolution die die Menschheit vor sich selbst rettet.