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20: stop reading self-help slop

a dead giveaway that my life is going well is how long it's been since i've read a self-help book.

people are complaining about ai slop and linkedin content on twitter, but the original slop is and always has been self-improvement content. 98% of pop psychology and business and productivity books are really just the same recycled motivational garbage wrapped in a new marketing angle. you already know what to do. information is not the bottleneck. the bottleneck is courage, and this is only becoming increasingly true with the development of ai.

stop looking for intellectual answers. stop consuming more information hoping its going to prepare you for a future that will never arrive. and if you're going to keep consuming, at least follow a shitposter or two on here. and read some fiction. you'll be a better person for it.