How to Survive the Modern World by The School of Life (The School of Life)

Modern world, where we are always connected and always aware, where we know so much and understand so little.

By learning to diagnose our condition, we can come to accept that we are not so much individually demented as living in times of unusually intense and societally generated perturbance. We can accept that modernity is a kind of disease and that understanding it will be the cure.

Our mental well-being is constantly challenged, we are bombed with information, fear, guidances of what we have to do to feel better and to have more. We are never satisfied.

The books by School of Life, as always, shift us to the right direction, to live more conscious, deliberate and meaningful lives. To think, rethink, stop and calm ourselves.

Not only to survive, but to fully live in modern times. And yes, to achieve that, we have to start with ourselves first.

Very helpful and insightful book.

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