Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before?

Re:Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same ... by WJW on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @08:53AM (#23153402)

Is there some mind bending revelation in the second half? I read the first half and have not mustered the will to read the rest of it. It just seems so... "obvious" for lack of a better word. Maybe I've had too much psychology lectures or something, but nothing in the first half was remotely new to me.

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Re:Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same ... by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @10:38AM (#23154477)

I read part of it as well, and it came across as one of those books that is basically a fairly simple premise that can be summarized in one paragraph, padded out to fill a book.

I mean "how to win friends" is similar, it can be summarized with just the 12 chapters, and it's padded out with anecdotes putting it in practice.

I'm sure Seven Habits is the same, I have it on my bookshelf (mandatory reading from my previous employer) and I think I started reading it but I lost interest.

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Re:Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same ... by eej71 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @09:12AM (#23153568)

I'm with you. I tried to get into that book - but felt it was a lot of verbiage and new phrases to describe things that already had terms. I gave up about a 1/3 the way through.

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