Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

　　全球百萬銷售破百萬本 13個國家冠軍銷量作家：馬克‧曼森Mark Manson
　　繼The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck全新力作！

　　這是最好的時代，也是最壞的時代。我們的生活品質可以說是前所未有的好，我們比前人自由、比前人富有，但我們卻沒有更幸福，反而面臨全球暖化、各黨各政分崩離析、經濟崩盤、社群網站沒完沒了地崩出各種矛盾……綜觀古今，我們享有最完善的教育及發聲機會，但我們卻感到前所未有的絕望。

　　那到底為什麼會這樣呢？本書作者藉由柏拉圖、尼采和湯姆.威茲等思想家的理念，剖析我們所面臨的宗教與政治問題，並檢視我們與金錢、娛樂、網路間的關係，警惕我們如何被這些看似美好的事物蠶食著。

　　對於信念、幸福、自由與希望，我們都有一套符合普世價值觀的定義，但作者給予他們更開闊的意涵，試圖讓我們更誠實面對自己在這個世界所扮演的角色。或許，認清這件事對於我們無疑是一大重擊，但也是一種防患於未然。

　　《The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck管他的：愈在意愈不開心！》聚焦於個人，而Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope則闡述我們所處的世界亂象，帶給我們不同的視野，讓我們從中習得最適合自己安身立命的方式。（文/博客來編譯）

　　From the author of the international mega-bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck comes a counterintuitive guide to the problems of hope.

　　We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it’s ever been—we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly f*cked—the planet is warming, governments are failing, economies are collapsing, and everyone is perpetually offended on Twitter. At this moment in history, when we have access to technology, education and communication our ancestors couldn’t even dream of, so many of us come back to an overriding feeling of hopelessness.

　　What’s going on? If anyone can put a name to our current malaise and help fix it, it’s Mark Manson. In 2016, Manson published The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, a book that brilliantly gave shape to the ever-present, low-level hum of anxiety that permeates modern living. He showed us that technology had made it too easy to care about the wrong things, that our culture had convinced us that the world owed us something when it didn’t—and worst of all, that our modern and maddening urge to always find happiness only served to make us unhappier. Instead, the “subtle art” of that title turned out to be a bold challenge: to choose your struggle; to narrow and focus and find the pain you want to sustain. The result was a book that became an international phenomenon, selling millions of copies worldwide while becoming the #1 bestseller in 13 different countries.

　　Now, in Everthing Is F*cked, Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us. Drawing from the pool of psychological research on these topics, as well as the timeless wisdom of philosophers such as Plato, Nietzsche, and Tom Waits, he dissects religion and politics and the uncomfortable ways they have come to resemble one another. He looks at our relationships with money, entertainment and the internet, and how too much of a good thing can psychologically eat us alive. He openly defies our definitions of faith, happiness, freedom—and even of hope itself.

　　With his usual mix of erudition and where-the-f*ck-did-that-come-from humor, Manson takes us by the collar and challenges us to be more honest with ourselves and connected with the world in ways we probably haven’t considered before. It’s another counterintuitive romp through the pain in our hearts and the stress of our soul. One of the great modern writers has produced another book that will set the agenda for years to come.