1CONTENTSContentsCHAPTER 1: Don’t TryThe Feedback Loop from HellThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a FuckSo Mark, What the Fuck Is the Point of This Book Anyway?CHAPTER 2: Happiness Is a ProblemThe Misadventures of Disappointment PandaHappiness Comes from Solving ProblemsEmotions Are OverratedChoose Your StruggleCHAPTER 3: You Are Not SpecialThings Fall ApartThe Tyranny of ExceptionalismB-b-b-but, If I’m Not Going to Be Special or Extraordinary, What’s the Point?CHAPTER 4: The Value of SufferingThe Self-Awareness OnionRock Star ProblemsShitty ValuesDefining Good and Bad ValuesCHAPTER 5: You Are Always ChoosingThe ChoiceThe Responsibility/Fault FallacyResponding to TragedyGenetics and the Hand We’re DealtVictimhood ChicThere Is No “How”CHAPTER 6: You’re Wrong About Everything (But So Am I)Architects of Our Own Beliefs