How to Survive the Modern World
Author: The School of Life. Read: February 19–28, 2025.
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Author: The School of Life
Published: 2022
Pages: 201
Started: February 19, 2025
Finished: February 28, 2025
Short Review
Part history, philosophy, psychology, and self-help, How to Survive the Modern World explores the unique aspects of modernity. Each chapter covers one aspect – capitalism, advertising, media, democracy, etc. – explaining how the modern world differs from the "old world," analyzing the benefits and deficits that we experience as a result, and proposing a way forward. It is profound, without being pretentious; trenchant, without being acerbic; unsparing, without losing hope. The chapter on Science and Religion, in particular, left me thinking "Finally, I've found the words I've been searching for to articulate the ideas that have been brewing in my subconscious." Essential reading.
