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Oliver Burkeman: Four Thousand Weeks (2021)

Potentially life-changing

This book offered so many really eye-opening perspectives into life and life choices. A must-read. Obviously, life is short. But exactly how short it really is and what to do about it is what this book is all about. So many anxieties we have and decisions we make are (consciously and unconsciously) tied to how short our lives are. This book is a good reminder of the importance of an intentional life. And you should really read it.

Anna Lembke, Anna Lembke: Dopamine Nation (Hardcover, 2021, Dutton)

This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important, it's about how to …

Really good but I expected more societal commentary

The book is really good to understand addiction and how to overcome it. However, judging from the title, I was expecting more commentary on how our society is increasingly set up to use addiction for business and how millions or billions of people are suffering from this while a few profit (tobacco, social media, alcohol, fast fashion, etc.)