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OftenBen  ·  3072 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: November 23rd: What are you reading this week?

Lots of 'Social Dynamics' books end up sounding like this. It's true of Dale Carnegie, it's true of Mark Manson and the PUA guys, by and large. The really important stuff, the really juicy bits that you wanted? They are either illegal or impossible to describe with text. Possibly impossible to describe with video. Video doesn't capture the 'vibe' of a room, for example.





veen  ·  3072 days ago  ·  link  ·  

One the one hand, I've yet to find one that is actually good. On the other hand, I don't really know what I'm looking for in books like those. Maybe something like Sherry Turkle's books but with a bigger scope? I mean, social interactions are so vital to everyday living you'd think there would be better books about it.