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Review of Rediscovering the Wisdom of Human Nature
[Following is a volunteer review of "Rediscovering the Wisdom of Human Nature" by Chet Shupe.]
Rediscovering the Wisdom of Human Nature by Chet Shupe is a very opinionated guess at why humans are becoming more and more unhappy with their retrospective lives. It describes how our way of life has become too focused on the future instead of the present, and how that evolution has damned our collective happiness. We as humans have replaced our need for spiritual connections with institutions, such as government, and other material things, thus causing us to feel a sort of emptiness. It explains why we’re always searching for something that seems to be missing and how we’ve lost the importance of genuine human connection. It gives great insight into why we feel so closed off from our true emotions and how we can fix this and revert back to a time when we were truly content with our lives.
If I’m being completely honest, this book was not my favourite. I found that it was very repetitive as it constantly used the same words and sayings, such as; “natural way of human life”, “civilized people” and “brotherhood/sisterhood”, etc. It started pretty good, but after I had finished it, I felt pretty grim. I expected to take away a good lesson from this book, but all I got was a sinking feeling that lead me down a rabbit hole of some very depressing thoughts. I’ve always been very happy with my life, but this book made me feel as though I had been doing everything wrong. It just made me feel like I was being yelled at the entire time.
Although I didn’t enjoy the book all that much, it did have its strong points. The vocabulary and analogies used, such as when the author said “he was flirting with the future”, made it a lot more fun to read than it otherwise would’ve been. He also grouped everyone as a single human race instead of singling out an individual group, making it a lot more impactful. I also thought the little quotes at the start of each chapter were a nice little touch.
This book had a cool concept behind it, but it was a lot more aggressive than it needed it to be. Although it was well written and edited, I’m going to have to give this book a 2 out of 4 stars. If it had been written with less of an angry tone I feel like the message would have been a lot clearer and the overall quality would have been improved.
As for the recommended audience, I recommend this book to people who want an answer for all of the unhappiness in the world. It gives detailed explanations not only as to why we are unhappy but also how we can fix that. Younger audiences may find this book on the “boring” side, therefore a mature audience would be best for this book.
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Rediscovering the Wisdom of Human Nature by Chet Shupe is a very opinionated guess at why humans are becoming more and more unhappy with their retrospective lives. It describes how our way of life has become too focused on the future instead of the present, and how that evolution has damned our collective happiness. We as humans have replaced our need for spiritual connections with institutions, such as government, and other material things, thus causing us to feel a sort of emptiness. It explains why we’re always searching for something that seems to be missing and how we’ve lost the importance of genuine human connection. It gives great insight into why we feel so closed off from our true emotions and how we can fix this and revert back to a time when we were truly content with our lives.
If I’m being completely honest, this book was not my favourite. I found that it was very repetitive as it constantly used the same words and sayings, such as; “natural way of human life”, “civilized people” and “brotherhood/sisterhood”, etc. It started pretty good, but after I had finished it, I felt pretty grim. I expected to take away a good lesson from this book, but all I got was a sinking feeling that lead me down a rabbit hole of some very depressing thoughts. I’ve always been very happy with my life, but this book made me feel as though I had been doing everything wrong. It just made me feel like I was being yelled at the entire time.
Although I didn’t enjoy the book all that much, it did have its strong points. The vocabulary and analogies used, such as when the author said “he was flirting with the future”, made it a lot more fun to read than it otherwise would’ve been. He also grouped everyone as a single human race instead of singling out an individual group, making it a lot more impactful. I also thought the little quotes at the start of each chapter were a nice little touch.
This book had a cool concept behind it, but it was a lot more aggressive than it needed it to be. Although it was well written and edited, I’m going to have to give this book a 2 out of 4 stars. If it had been written with less of an angry tone I feel like the message would have been a lot clearer and the overall quality would have been improved.
As for the recommended audience, I recommend this book to people who want an answer for all of the unhappiness in the world. It gives detailed explanations not only as to why we are unhappy but also how we can fix that. Younger audiences may find this book on the “boring” side, therefore a mature audience would be best for this book.
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Rediscovering the Wisdom of Human Nature
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