Re: "The Small Stuff" book review

On 7/31/26 9:36 AM, Dude wrote:
> On 7/31/2026 9:03 AM, Tara wrote:
>> On Jul 31, 2026 at 11:56:48 AM EDT, "dart200"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/31/26 8:15 AM, Tara wrote:
>>>> On Jul 31, 2026 at 10:53:13 AM EDT, "Noah Sombrero" <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:12:02 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> (I haven't read this book yet but I heard the author interviewed 
>>>>>> on CBC this
>>>>>> a.m and liked what he said).  Just another self-help book or one 
>>>>>> of that ilk?
>>>>>> Nah, I don't think so.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Small Stuff
>>>>>> How to lead a more gratifying life
>>>>>> -Ian Bogost -  Atlantic Columnist
>>>>>>
>>>>> In other words, why well off people are not happy.  So they pine for
>>>>> the good old days, forgetting that they were not happy then either.
>>>>
>>>> Uhhh. No, not really what the book is about.
>>>>
>>>> why don't you read the book.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "sleek, but soulless, design".  Of course that is not satisfying.  On
>>>>> the other hand, if a person has a satisfying fulfilled life, it won't
>>>>> matter what knickknacks one includes or not.  Who notices such things?
>>>>>
>>>>> On the other hand, "automated self-checkout counters"?  Who puts up
>>>>> with such emptiness?  As if people needed another way to avoid
>>>>> interacting with each other.  But if you have plenty of human
>>>>> interaction in your life, maybe those counters wouldn't matter so
>>>>> much.  There it is, we are so isolated from each other in our cars,
>>>>> and lockable houses that we need to interact with clerks in stores.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do we feel?  Lonely and bored.  Scared of each other, and out of
>>>>> patience with ideas we don't want to listen to (from other people).
>>>>> Simple, huh?
>>>>
>>>> His approach is more about being aware of the pleasure and 
>>>> experience of
>>>> holding and drinking a warm cup of coffee on a cold morning.  kind 
>>>> of stuff
>>>> like that.
>>>>
>>>
>>> it's called mindfulness and it's been written about by like a million
>>> times by now
>>
>> no kidding
>> Amazing insight.
>>
>>>
>>> but in this case instead of actively cultivating mindfulness of what
>>> he's still manually doing (which life still involves a lot of), it seems
>>> he's bitching about being robbed of petty shit like manually flushing
>>> toilets in public restrooms. or not having a pile of keys in ur pockets
>>> instead of using the rfid in my watch. or paying for everything with
>>> dirty ass money instead of just tapping my phone.
>>
>> read the book have ya
>>>
>>> it's like an even more retarded form of complaining that dishwashers and
>>> washing machines have ruined taking care of households because we're not
>>> spending a hours a day manually washing dishes and laundry anymore 🙄
>>>
>>> this is the kind bonehead that bitches that electric cars having "no
>>> soul" cause they don't go vroom vroom when u hit the gas! like ok bro
>>> ... is the small electric wine that goes along with the rocket ship
>>> acceleration not enough for you to be mindful of? 🤣
>>
>> lightnen up.  you need it bad.
>  >
> Nick came here to get enlightened.
>  >
> <snip>

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