Thinking, Fast and Slow is the name of a book by Nobel Prize-winning psychologist and behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman. It's a pretty solid chunk of theory.
In it the author lays out a handful of ways in which the human mind is not rational (further putting to rest the model of humans as "econs"), makes a case for how capitalism is fueled by constant failure and misery, mathematically shows how wealth redistribution would be a huge improvement for society, and talks about a time he utterly humiliated investment bank managers.
It's almost, but not declaratively, anti-capitalist. Definitely on my "Science Supports Socialism" book list. I have no idea why rightoids like it so much.
So wait there's an actual almost theory book in there?
TF&S will probably better inform your political position, and empower you to defend it, than most theory written before WW2.
It's not a light read; it's 500+ pages, builds on itself, and relies on high-school-level algebra and graphing.
I remember reading it over a span of 2.5 months or so on top of full-time college classes. If you're not busy at all you could probably tackle it in a week or two.
REAL MAN CHALLENGE: read one self help book per day for four weeks or until you parody yourself
seriously, that expression reads as some mix of concern and dismay to me.
"be a real™ man!" they scream as he looks on with overwhelming disappointment
this is just astrology for insecure people in their mids teens to mids twenties
lmao i thought it was gonna be like number 18. be born rich or something but nope, it literally just says Elon Musk
this is the funniest part. "Psychopath Free" sounds like it's about seeing through people like Musk's bullshit.
Engels really letting the quality of his work slip lately
The Power of Now lmfao... I remember my Eckhart Tolle days.
Funny enough that book was HUGE in the PUA community. Probably the closest that PUA ever got to being not completely shitty, when they realized that being legitimately happy and caring about the other person actually has a higher success rate than lines and emotional manipulation.
The trouble is that just constantly ramming your attention into "the now", while it can be kinda relaxing and disconnect you a bit from negativity, is not a permanent solution to be a happy good person.
Last time I checked they're basically back to lines and emotional manipulation.
I haven't read this but it appears to be a book about recognizing psychopaths/narcissists and recovering from the abuse and chaos they create. Valuable information for anybody.
