How To Live

Key Takeaways

Kyle, in 2025 in Books: Before I get to The Courage To Be Disliked, I read How To Live. First, what I most enjoyed was Sivers’ efforts to draw out the contrast in critical ideas. It reminded me of one of my favorite quotes from F. Scott Fitzgerald: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”

Second, I came across this idea: “All misery comes from dependency. If you weren’t dependent on income, people, or technology, you would be truly free.” Coupled with The Courage To Be Disliked’s idea of “Every problem is an interpersonal problem,” it opens up a similar contrast around whether dependency is freeing or freedom-reducing.

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