Four Thousand Weeks
by Oliver Burkeman
Taste attributes: documentarypsychologicalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthsocial commentarytroubled leads
Boxlist takeA grounded, serious non-fiction book: original and contained. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you have about four thousand weeks on earth. How should we use them best?
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- Author
- Oliver Burkeman
- Published
- 2021
- Pages
- 280
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- Open Library
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