Biweeklycast 24: Courage To Be Disliked

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📺 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lIWHGWhYq1s Dima and Slava read the book "The Courage To Be Disliked" and discuss individual psychology and its premises, debate to apply those to "real" life, and spot some contradictions on guidelines laid out by the authors. * The Courage To Be Disliked (https://www.japansociety.org.uk/review?review=595) by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga * Individual psychology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_psychology) * Is the dialog style of the book helpful? * Pressure to achieve and the feeling of inferiority * "I'm ok. You are ok." * Blue ocean [strategy] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ocean_Strategy) * Dima's impressions from the first visit to the US * Does community feeling go in conflict with self-reliance? * Is it really possible not to praise and not to rebuke? * Why systems of principles prone to exhibiting inconsistencies? * Third courage: the courage to be normal "Average person considers oneself smarter than an average person." * Dima was not a great fan the naming this kind psychology "Adlerian" and Slava offers an explanation of why that may be