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Won’t even pretend to have read the article, but I’ll recommend the last book to really make me existentially happy and which helped me out of a bout of depress
by jakeinspace 2y ago
Won’t even pretend to have read the article, but I’ll recommend the last book to really make me existentially happy and which helped me out of a bout of depression: The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem. If you liked Gödel, Escher, Bach then I suspect you’ll enjoy it. It’s whimsical but quite deep.
- free_energy_min 2y agoGlad to hear you are happier :) Out of curiosity why do you think it helped? Creating a sense of wonder and fun about the world?
- riffraff 2y agoInteresting, I loved the cyberiad, but it made me sad and angsty while still being fun. I believe this is true for a lot of SF, the same thing can be read as disheartening or encouraging.
- richie_adler 2y agoI find this curious. Were you able to identify the cause of your anger and angst?
- riffraff 2y agonot anger, just, let's say, emotional discomfort? I felt perhaps some of the stories "hit too close" on topics like the meaning (or rather, the lack of meaning) of life and civilization.