The Truth About Hope | Mark Manson
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Mark Manson (https://markmanson.net/) is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, which has reached #1 in thirteen countries, sold millions of copies. His new book, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope (https://amzn.to/2JW2MFM), has also become an instant #1 bestseller. In it, he expands his irreverent, yet compelling and deeply-thoughtful exploration to the state of society, the sometimes disastrous quirks of the human psyche, and the role of hope in the way we approach the bigger issues in life. Mark also runs one of the largest personal growth websites in the world, and his writing is often described as "self-help for people who hate self-help." In a past podcast conversation (https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/mark-manson/), we explore Manson's "origin story" and love of philosophy and writing, including his choice of profanity in his writing voice (hint: it has nothing to do with linguistic laziness). Today, we dive deep into the powerful ideas and provocations in his new book about the state of the world and our role in the exploration of hope.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, so this is Mark Manson's second appearance on Good Life Project. |
| 0:09.4 | We first shared a conversation. |
| 0:11.3 | I guess about three years ago, shortly after his book, The Settle Art of Not Giving A Fuck |
| 0:16.7 | came out deeply reverent. |
| 0:18.8 | That book quickly became a global phenomenon. |
| 0:21.9 | If you haven't seen it, I'm not sure where you've been living. |
| 0:25.1 | It claimed plays and actually remains on the New York Times list. |
| 0:29.1 | It's been there every week since, pretty much since it came out, selling something like |
| 0:32.7 | seven and a half million copies to date. |
| 0:35.6 | In that first conversation, we explored Mark's personal journey, his provocative voice |
| 0:40.3 | and decision to swear in print. |
| 0:42.7 | And while also it has absolutely nothing to do with intellectual laziness and a lot of |
| 0:47.1 | the core ideas in that first book, today we're exploring the ideas from a brand new book |
| 0:52.9 | from him with an equally provocative title called Everything Is Fucked, a book about hope. |
| 0:59.0 | And sure, there are a handful of F-bombs along the way in this conversation, but honestly, |
| 1:04.8 | not really many more if any than in any regular episode. |
| 1:08.8 | And the idea is that Mark offers his reflections not only on a life of intensive study of philosophy, |
| 1:15.5 | social science and politics and his synthesis of all these different worlds is pretty stunning. |
| 1:21.6 | He's put together what I would probably describe as a cohesive theory of what has brought |
| 1:26.7 | us to this place in our history. |
| 1:28.8 | Why there's so much suffering in the world right now and offers a surprising reframe on |
| 1:34.6 | the idea of hope that serves as a potential antidote for the existential crisis that so |
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