/lit/ - Literature

>>8201221

Which one, the Stoicism one or Thinking Fast and Slow?

The Irvine's book is sort of framed as a self-help book (I think the title was a bad call for that) but it's got some good insights. It's a nice primer that breaks the usual stereotypes about stoics and gives a formula for practicing stoic philosophy. It also fills you in on the big stoic philosophers and has a good reading list in the back.

Thinking Fast and Slow is just loaded with cognitive science and goes over all the ways we're subconsciously irrational and how it can be harmful, and many can be countered so long as you're mindful of them.

>>4143278
If you like the stoics read this one. They guy is a bit nuts tho, he advocates discomfort to enjoy life more. e.g. turning off the a/c in your car in winter and other inane shit.