From the author of the international mega-bestseller The Subtle Art
of Not Giving A F*ck comes a counterintuitive guide to the problems of
hope.
We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it's
ever been--we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in
human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and
horribly f*cked--the planet is warming, governments are failing,
economies are collapsing, and everyone is perpetually offended on
Twitter. At this moment in history, when we have access to technology,
education and communication our ancestors couldn't even dream of, so
many of us come back to an overriding feeling of hopelessness.
What's going on? If anyone can put a name to our current malaise and
help fix it, it's Mark Manson. In 2016, Manson published The Subtle Art
of Not Giving A F*ck, a book that brilliantly gave shape to the
ever-present, low-level hum of anxiety that permeates modern living. He
showed us that technology had made it too easy to care about the wrong
things, that our culture had convinced us that the world owed us
something when it didn't--and worst of all, that our modern and
maddening urge to always find happiness only served to make us
unhappier. Instead, the "subtle art" of that title turned out to be a
bold challenge: to choose your struggle; to narrow and focus and find
the pain you want to sustain. The result was a book that became an
international phenomenon, selling millions of copies worldwide while
becoming the #1 bestseller in 13 different countries.
Now, in Everthing Is F*cked, Manson turns his gaze from the
inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities
taking place in the world around us. Drawing from the pool of
psychological research on these topics, as well as the timeless wisdom
of philosophers such as Plato, Nietzsche, and Tom Waits, he dissects
religion and politics and the uncomfortable ways they have come to
resemble one another. He looks at our relationships with money,
entertainment and the internet, and how too much of a good thing can
psychologically eat us alive. He openly defies our definitions of faith,
happiness, freedom--and even of hope itself.
With his usual mix of erudition and where-the-f*ck-did-that-come-from
humor, Manson takes us by the collar and challenges us to be more honest
with ourselves and connected with the world in ways we probably haven't
considered before. It's another counterintuitive romp through the pain
in our hearts and the stress of our soul. One of the great modern
writers has produced another book that will set the agenda for years to
come.
