The Courage to be Disliked overview

I bought this book recently and went through it in a single weekend. It reads very easily. The book is a dialogue between a philosopher and a young person; naturally, in the beginning, the young person is very skeptical about what the philosopher has to say. They discuss philosophical and psychological concepts in five days, and each day is a separate chapter, whereas each chapter is 40 pages on average.

The authors are mainly inspired by the psychologist Alfred Adler and use many of his concepts/ideas, but they also find inspiration in Socrates, Platon, Aristotle.

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Some thoughts on recent self-reflections

As I reflect on my pattern of thoughts lately, I noticed how I often “step out” and think of things at a higher level, e.g., trying to justify some justifications, etc. Where does this change come from? I’d assume it has to do with me reading a lot of philosophy lately 🙂 I’ll post some brief random thoughts here about this matter.

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Games People Play overview

Social generalization, besides its flaws, always has advantages over no generalization. Mental stimulation helps both the mental and the physical state of a person. People like to structure the time (e.g., someone breaking the silence in a group) – this structure is aka programming, and it can be material (parent)/social (adult)/individual (child).

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