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b_b  ·  3997 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Smartest Book About Our Digital Age Was Published in 1929 - The Daily Beast

Another brilliant book that was written in the 20's or 30's by a philosopher (Bertrand Russell) that has a lot of relevance to our modern era is The Conquest of Happiness. These men of genius have a way of writing that makes their conclusions timeless, since they are arguing from a perspective of human nature, and not of particulars of their time.