Daniel Gilbert's "Stumbling on Happiness" to convey many the very same ideas, and research in a way that was marketed and written for Oprah's crowd. That would have to wait a few years later for Wilson's close colleague Dr. Wilson's research and that of his colleges in the social psychology field, but it wasn't marketed or written to sell millions of copies. "Strangers to Ourselves" was an amazingly insightful book that focused on Dr. ![]() If you're going to sell out, do it, and do it in a way that isn't blatantly self-sabotaging. I would begrudge someone failing to write a book of higher quality simply because he wanted to make a half-ass effort at a sell out title. I wouldn't begrudge anyone trying to turn their passion and pool of knowledge into a higher standard of living, as I believe this title was intending to do. Wilson had intended this title for a different audience than his first. ![]() Perhaps I approached the book from too skeptical a perspective since the book cover gave clear signals that Dr. Wilson's first book "Strangers to Ourselves", I was delighted to hear he'd released another title a few months ago.
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