Book of Ruin
Written by: Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Number of pages: 335
Book size: 21 x 14
Have you ever wondered why increased connectivity seems to make people more hostile to each other? And what makes people feel more anxious and unhappy despite their increasingly convenient lives? Well, buckle up! Uncle Mark is about to take you on a new journey! Just as *The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck questioned our conventional wisdom about what makes us happy, *Ruin: A Book of Hope* questions all our assumptions about what makes life worth living. We live in remarkable times! Materially, everything is better than ever—we are now freer and more prosperous than any previous generation in human history. Yet, for some reason, everything feels so awfully bad that it cannot be reversed. At this moment in history, when education, technology, and communication were undreamed of to our ancestors, many of us are left with an overwhelming sense of hopelessness. What's up? That's what Mark Manson is trying to get us out of. Manson published *The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck* in 2016, achieving brilliant success in identifying the constant, hidden anxiety that permeates modern life. He showed us that the relentless drive we have created in our modern lives to pursue happiness only serves to make us less happy than before. The result was a global phenomenon, selling millions of copies worldwide and reaching number one in thirteen countries. Now, with *Desolation: A Book About Hope*, Manson shifts his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual to the endless disasters in the world around us. Drawing on the field of psychological research on these topics and the timeless wisdom of numerous philosophers, Manson explains politics, religion, our relationships with money, the internet, and entertainment, and how too much of a good thing can psychologically eat us alive. He bluntly challenges our definitions of faith, happiness, freedom, and even hope itself.