en-US Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:11:12 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7521459557 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:11:12 -0700 /review/show/7521459557 Collin gave 4 stars to Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life (Hardcover) by Shigehiro Oishi
Life in three dimensions
Argues or believes that contrary to public opinion, where generally it is believed that the degree to which someone leads a good life is evaluated based on the meaningfulness and happiness found during life, “psychological richness� is a third dimension that must be considered.

His arguments are convincing to the extent that I agree that psychological richness does contribute to a “good� life, but his argument that this is a third dimension, independent of happiness and meaning, feels like a stretch, like in order to feel like he contributed to the positive psychological literature in a meaningful way (and to be able to publish a book on it!) he had to invent a third dimension to evaluate a good life on. It’s way more compelling from a marketing perspective if you argue you’ve discovered the third key to a good life as opposed to adding to the long list of ways humans can find meaning/purpose, and happiness in life. I mean fuck, I bought the book didn’t I?

My opinion is that this third dimension he considers psychological richness, I would really consider it a combination of the two. To draw an analogy from linear algebra, “psychological richness� feels like it’s a linear combination of happiness and meaning - we might have 3 vectors here, but we span R2, not R3.

Regardless, this is probably just semantics. Still plenty of useful tidbits of knowledge and wisdom , and overall enjoyable read. ]]> ReadStatus9308193387 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:46:27 -0700 /review/show/7488108897 Collin wants to read The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. Mearsheimer
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]]> Review7409800908 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:16:33 -0700 /review/show/7409800908 Collin gave 4 stars to Intermezzo (Hardcover) by Sally Rooney
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In some ways, boring and uneventful, in others, a perfect demonstration in how to capture the intricacies and nuance of conflict in human relationships in modern-day life.

There are no thrills, no treasure, no resolution of a flawed character into an admirable hero. It’s not particularly funny, nor is it factually informative, and yet you’ll walk away from having read this one knowing a lot more about yourself. Intermezzo is exactly what you’d expect it to be based on its title: a fleeting moment in time, caught in between a tragic familial death, and life going on.

In some sense, I actually didn’t really enjoy this book at all, and yet I’m extremely grateful for having read it, and would recommend it. Not sure that makes sense. ]]> ReadStatus9144353000 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:10:44 -0800 /review/show/7373895598 Collin wants to read The Mask of Fear by Alexander Freed
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Like actually so good holy shit. Consistently subverts expectations in all the right ways ]]> ReadStatus8994115991 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:42:55 -0800 /review/show/7268241316 Collin wants to read The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story by Nechama Birnbaum
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]]> Review6795711324 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 23:15:24 -0800 /review/show/6795711324 Collin gave 4 stars to Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown
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Despite some of the cringe-inducing YA aspects of this, still an enjoyable read, and a solid number of twists that keep it entertaining. The author clearly has quite the fascination with Roman mythology� ]]>