The format of the book is similar to a book-length multi-level marketing Facebook post. It consists of one to three paragraphs of the author's prose followed by quotations that support the point being made. The book was originally written in 1910 by Wallace D. Waddles, a pioneer in the self-help genre.
In this podcast episode, the guest speaker recommends two books - "The Tao Te Ching" and "The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity" - that helped him simplify the complexities of life and improve his overall well-being.
This book is a call to action to wake people up and shake them out of a life of quiet desperation. The 12 hour walk is a one day prescription and an invitation to invest one day, conquer your mind and unlock your best life.
The podcast guest is talking about a book they want to write on finding unconventional solutions for problems that are considered hard to treat and paying attention to the psycho emotional components of life.
The speaker talks about attending a non-fiction writing course in college and how this helped him to improve his writing skills, emphasizing the importance of preciseness and clarity in writing.
The subconscious truth of humans is the drive for connection and status, which stems from the storytelling brain. The vision of a utopian internet with no hierarchy or disagreement is a misleading idea, as the status game still exists within it.