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Concise. Brutally getting to the point at times. Some problematic flashy self help lingo and diet culture analogies to watch out for. Can't get over English translation as 'titbits' rather than 'tidbits'. I think the key is to remember long form investigative journalism (and books!) are championed - snappy sensationalist clickbait is not. Useful even if you're not addicted to the current news cycle.

I feel like all non-fiction should come with a disclaimer that basically says, 'this is what I thought based on what I knew at the time, I reserve the right to change my mind and present the new info that supports it'.
We need to be willing to be wrong.

Quality not quantity. 👌🏻

For those concerned the majority of the author's opinions/advice is callous, skip to chapter 27.

❗"Information these days is no longer a scarce resource - attention, on the other hand, is in short supply." ❗
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It's true and he should say it. 💅🏻

"the new being sold as the relevant" ?

One of those, 'it's a good idea in theory, but in practice...'😬

"Do you understand the world better now?"
What a way to assign value to or remove value from the activity.

🤨🤔 The things you don't realize until they're pointed out...

I already try to practise this myself so was keen to read a properly researched take. And while he did have agreeable, well backed up points I couldn't help but feel Mr Dobelli would make a somewhat smug and sanctinmonious dinner guest (or "news lunch" guest ?).