Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life
by Kapil Gupta
Recommended by Naval Ravikant
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Social Sciences.
Prescriptions, howto’s, selfhelp, guru’s, mental hacks, psychology, motivation, and the like, are things that are fundamentally unserious. They are things that move humans away from Truth. For they approach all matters from the standpoint of a “fix.” The Truth is a path away from all fixes. And away from all chases. It is for the one who is Serio...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Social Sciences.
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Naval Ravikant
Co-founder of AngelList; angel investor
“Everything by Kapil Gupta, MD. Kapil recently became a personal advisor and coach to me, and this comes from a person who doesn’t believe in coaches”
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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