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Dyana Fam
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Onto Chapter 3. Either I’m in a two-brain-cell state from sleeping only three hours last night, or the chapters are getting incredibly dense. Knowledge of classic and contemporary writing is definitely presumed. I’ve had to look up references on the internet at times just to understand lol.
Still loving it, though. I like how the manifold “why” questions mimic the way I naturally think about these things.
— Jun 30, 2026 10:51PM
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Still loving it, though. I like how the manifold “why” questions mimic the way I naturally think about these things.
Dyana Fam
is 20% done
Just finished the first chapter, and I find the subversive essay on giving up enjoyable so far.
Its philosophical dialectic makes a middle ground between the usual pop self-help book, with their ‘advice + anecdotes’ formula and the more scientific, expert-written kind of book.
— Jun 30, 2026 08:41PM
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Its philosophical dialectic makes a middle ground between the usual pop self-help book, with their ‘advice + anecdotes’ formula and the more scientific, expert-written kind of book.











