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I do a similar thing, always have a book of essays that I read slowly so I can wean off of a really good fiction book. If I just start another novel, I know I won’t like it as much because I’ll just be comparing them.

Which... means everyone's read it?

Thanks for the positive post!

So many great and thoughtful responses. This week, a post with a similar sentiment was posted in the running thread. After training for months for a big race, the feeling you describe is felt deeply after the marathon. My response hopefully adds to the others.

I love that you open with the equivalent of a Quaker feeling compelled to speak in a meeting. Sadness seems like the right feeling. Endings help us understand the meaning of the story- and when we do understand it… the sudden absence of a direct line between our effort and the outcome can be a poignant reminder of how complex, chaotic, and out of control our independent, non-running lives actually are. So we see you… and we understand. In terms of what to do? You’re doing it. You’ve felt the urge to speak, you’ve spoken- and your community is responding.

Most runners also said, “find another race.”

'Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness within the immense collectivity, the fact remains that we are absolutely free today if we choose to will our existence in its finiteness, a finiteness which is open on the infinite. And in fact, any man who has known real loves, real revolts, real desires, and real will knows quite well that he has no need of any outside guarantee to be sure of his goals; their certitude comes from his own drive. There is a very old saying which goes: “Do what you must, come what may.” That amounts to saying in a different way that the result is not external to the good will which fulfills itself in aiming at it. If it came to be that each man did what he must, existence would be saved in each one without there being any need of dreaming of a paradise where all would be reconciled in death.'

-- Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir

TIL

The next time I need to know what all the pretty girls are feeling I know who to ask. /s

EDIT: I can’t decide if the saddest thing about this person’s post history is the AI Waifu shitposting, the statement about Ayn Rand’s “unfortunate inability to abandon femininity,” or the implication that Dorian Gray is about all women in their twenties

Foyles near Tottenham Court Rd station is a great one and there’s a great cafe on the top floor. Go there every time I go back to London.

If one were to be interested in developing the skill, what would one have to do as an “exercise” to develop it?

I have read this book, and many of the best books on business and influencing behavior, MULTIPLE times. I also, due to the shit I've been through in life, have a solid understanding of the psychology of influence based on years of research and having taken classes on negotiation for my b.s. and MELP. Plus, i study psychology and neuroscience for fun and use in my life.

This is one of the best books ever written. The people commenting here don't comprehend, reading isn't always for pleasure. It can be for those who need lessons on how to act in the real world because they either don't have the skills, don't know of them, or were abused their entire lives and need guidance (me). I also appreciate the historical context integrated into the book.

I've been in sales now for 15 years, been working in client-facing and team environments for 20. I love this book. It has withstood time well, and it was written after copious research on world leaders.

This book is supported, for the most part, by modern psychology of influence.

Oh thank you!!! This will be so handy!

He’s just like me fr

Rothfuss is peak neckbeard and it bleeds through his writing, miserable.

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Designed for a world where no one ever takes advantage.

I have one of his short story collections, Kiss Kiss, which I liked well enough.

OP's post is proof that 99% of these books can be summarized in one paragraph or a short blog post. lol.

You didn't use any ?

Nothing gold can stay.

I guess I'm not allowed to use hyperbole in public

Basically one big book about the author’s cognitive dissonance.

Yeah, in the Victorian era, it's the equivalent of slashing someone's throat in the streets.

So it was something extremely salacious in the context in which the book has been written

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Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica. One of the best books I’ve read in a decade. I like the focus on the use of language in such a strange situation/event.