Are there more pseudointellectuals in the world than we realize?

>What compels people with PhDs to unironically recommend self-help books?

Self help books probably sell better overall.

>simple heuristics can never be genuinely helpful

I read that book too OP. It didn't work. There's 10% good advice there but the rest is his sales product.

>>9529671
>just try really hard lol
>focus really really hard lol
>never give up lol
>sleep well, eat well
>think BIG

>>9531059
That's literally all you have to do, though, you lazy liberal.

>waaaahh I'm poor
>waaaaaaahh I'm depressed
>waaah I'm being oppressed

>>9531084
That is such an enlightening post, how much do I owe you?

>>9531086
That'll be 5 bucks a month. That's less than 20 cents a day!

>>9529671
>What compels people with PhDs to unironically recommend self-help books?
I recommend some self help books to some of my patients, not so much because of their objective but because they manage some concepts on a very simple and easy read kind of way.

Of course, that always depends on the patient's education; if I can get them to read Fromm the results are often more notable.

>>9529671
>people with PhD are wise benevolent altruists
You're in for a big disappointment in life, my man.

>>9531114
:^(

Why is the self help get bad, again?

>>9531822
*self help genre

>>9529671
There is literally nothing wrong with self help books.

>>9531859
You couldn't be more incorrect.