It's that time of the year again. Newport (a relentless marketer, a bit like Tim Ferris) has been on a contract to churn out these filler "books" based on the

It's that time of the year again. Newport (a relentless marketer, a bit like Tim Ferris) has been on a contract to churn out these filler "books" based on the same bloody theme for years. I've been harping on it since 2019[1]. As I noted here[2], "for a guy advocating 'minimalism', he churns out [far] too much needless crap. The irony seems definitely lost on him." More comments on this tiring topic here[3]. Stop wasting your money buying his crap. What's the alternative? Again, as I've noted in the past[3]: "The alternative to the empty books [...] is to read the original classics, and the actual scholars who did the work (Csikszentmihalyi, Kahneman, Richard Thaler, Timothy Wilson and many others)." Edit: You can also get far more value by reading one of Plato's dialogues from 2000 years ago, instead. (Start with the excellent "Five Dialogues" selected by Hackett Classics.) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20082125 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20082125 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36024139 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36024139 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29035998 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29035998