NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the author of the international mega-bestseller
The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck comes a counterintuitive guide to
the problems of hope.
We live in an interesting time. Materially,
everything is the best it's ever been-we are freer, healthier and
wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything
seems to be irreparably and horribly f*cked-the planet is warming,
governments are failing, economies are collapsing, and everyone is
perpetually offended on Twitter. At this moment in history, when we have
access to technology, education and communication our ancestors
couldn't even dream of, so many of us come back to an overriding feeling
of hopelessness.
What's going on? If anyone can put a name to our
current malaise and help fix it, it's Mark Manson. In 2016, Manson
published The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, a book that brilliantly
gave shape to the ever-present, low-level hum of anxiety that permeates
modern living. He showed us that technology had made it too easy to care
about the wrong things, that our culture had convinced us that the
world owed us something when it didn't-and worst of all, that our modern
and maddening urge to always find happiness only served to make us
unhappier. Instead, the "subtle art" of that title turned out to be a
bold challenge: to choose your struggle; to narrow and focus and find
the pain you want to sustain. The result was a book that became an
international phenomenon, selling millions of copies worldwide while
becoming the #1 bestseller in 13 different countries.
Now, in Everthing Is F*cked, Manson turns his gaze
from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless
calamities taking place in the world around us. Drawing from the pool of
psychological research on these topics, as well as the timeless wisdom
of philosophers such as Plato, Nietzsche, and Tom Waits, he dissects
religion and politics and the uncomfortable ways they have come to
resemble one another. He looks at our relationships with money,
entertainment and the internet, and how too much of a good thing can
psychologically eat us alive. He openly defies our definitions of faith,
happiness, freedom-and even of hope itself.
With his usual mix of erudition and
where-the-f*ck-did-that-come-from humor, Manson takes us by the collar
and challenges us to be more honest with ourselves and connected with
the world in ways we probably haven't considered before. It's another
counterintuitive romp through the pain in our hearts and the stress of
our soul. One of the great modern writers has produced another book that
will set the agenda for years to come.