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An all round awesome book! Would recommend especially for Big Brained humans.

“I was not afraid, I just didn't want this to end”

I have no doubt one of the most special and meaningful books I've ever read.

Will update with a full review.

IMO reading the book and the manga is compulsory, if you plan on reading the book, the manga perfectly compliments the book with incredible illustrations, which really help given the visual nature of what Kon Mari is trying to teach.

The title is accurate, this really is a life changing book and a surprisingly easy read. Was kind of on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Oh my god. Chills.

The beginning reminded me of some of Asimov's early empire novels, which I just found, boring, but by the middle, we are in full Robots territory levels of good and the ending, is incredible.

I watched the movie then read all the other books years ago, now is the first time I've read the first book and wow so different than I expected.

Amazing! What else can I say?

Fine I'll learn LISP...

Look it was really good okay.

This book is dense with deep and profound ideas.

Sooooo good. The first chapter is probably my favourite in any book. Super quirky and really picks up a quarter of the way through.

Some really good stories

Very interesting. Explained things I thought I knew about but didn't really.

So so so good. It's a page turner. Solid writing and insanely gripping story.

Not super good. Nothing very exciting and mostly just boring.

The ending made the book worthwhile. It was very special and worth wading through some of the more boring bits in the middle!

Wow, did not see that ending coming!

Super fun as always. Like Elijah and Daneel a lot.

I liked this a lot.

Asimov has a way of writing about mysterious things in a really interesting way, you always feel compelled to reach the next page just to see what happens. This gels particularly well with the detective story in this book. There's lots of questions you want to see answered in an fun way and they all are.

This book is expertly crafted, and an excellent primer on many diverse areas of Psychology, Morality and Philosophy.

The thesis of this book is, I think, extremely well supported and carefully explained. After finishing the book - I think you would be hard pressed to find any part of the book that does not present a nuanced view of what is usually a polarising issue.

Moreover I loved that Haidt seemed to genuinely want people to understand the core thesis and engage with it. The little summaries at the end of each section and the end of the book will go a long way in helping me remember the contents for, I hope, many years to come. It made the book feel accessible to a non-academic audience, and I appreciated that Haidt seemed to not be trying to convince Professors of his theory, but just normal people.

Super interesting.

Some really good and some really okay stories: From best to worst

Tower of Babylon 5/5
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate 5/5
Understand 5/5
Exhalation 5/5
What's Expected of Us 5/5
Division by Zero 4/5
Story of Your Life 4/5
The Lifecycle of Software Objects 4/5
Hell is the Absence of God 4/5
Seventy-Two Letters 2/5
Liking What You See: A Documentary: Got bored never read to the end

As usual it's always very comforting to read anything by Steven Pressfield.

woah...

Everyone read this, last chapter might make you not want to look at stars tho