Hey everyone. Are you tired of getting all your life advice from songs written by rich people in their 20s?

That covers pretty much every song in history. Well, how about a book published by a guy who knows what he's talking about?

Today's book is best explained by its very own title.

Excellent advice for living by Kevin Kelly.

And this is the book pile.

A podcast about the best of books and the worst of books.

If this is your first time to the podcast, welcome.

And maybe suggest checking out our back catalog of over 172 episodes with as many books.

I realize I just did that.

That was a very, like, news story thing to say.

Yeah.

Like when there were like 24 people injured and they say dozens injured.

Like you barely hit plural.

Right.

You know every newspaper editor has a little thrill as soon as some kind of toll hits 24.

Yes.

And when it hits 200, a shiver runs up their whole body.

And speaking of American heroes, I'm Kellan Erskine. I'm a comic, a father. And the guy who wrote

today's book was a father, who every year on his birthday would give his family a list. He would give.

Did you catch that on his birthday? He would give his family a list of

wise life advice that he had written down over the last year, which just makes me feel dumb because

the only thing I've ever given on my birthday is a bunch of fake, oh, thank you for all the bad presents I got.

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