Re:The Delusional Scam of the Self-Help Book Industry
by klelatti on Thursday July 08, 2021 @04:25PM
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No doubt there are a lot of "self help" books that are a scam - but that's true for a lot of genres.
A lot of the criticisms seem highly dubious e.g. is this really true?
> The entire business-focused self-help industry is built on the fallacy that successful people read a lot of books.
Altogether seems more like a rant than reasoned criticism.
BTW the list of books cited as an example of the 'scam' includes "Thinking, Fast and Slow" - reasonably sure that reading this is a lot more worthwhile than reading this particular post.
A lot of the criticisms seem highly dubious e.g. is this really true?
> The entire business-focused self-help industry is built on the fallacy that successful people read a lot of books.
Altogether seems more like a rant than reasoned criticism.
BTW the list of books cited as an example of the 'scam' includes "Thinking, Fast and Slow" - reasonably sure that reading this is a lot more worthwhile than reading this particular post.