Tom Shadyac has come up with a new book, a spinoff from his recent film - its title is "Life's Operating Manual": http://www.amazon.com/Lifes-Operating-Manual-Truth-Dialogues/dp/1401943098/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377622529&sr=8-1&keywords=shadyac
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Yes... If it were that simple, we'd all be holding hands and listening to Radiohead. I've just bought it, so I'll wait to see what gems it holds, but to say that someone could write a definitive manual is very, how should I say this? Human :-) Ps. Having said all this, I hope it is! I could do with a satisfying epiphany.
Some academics might ask: Does he have a doctorate? A university appointment? - As if those extrinsic achievements would make such a presumptuous title seem any less hubristic. Shadyac reached (in his Hollywood career) some unlikely extremes of narcissism and materialism - he then had a serious accident - so he dialled down and re-evaluated his life, coming up with some insights that were to an extent a return to ideals from his childhood. I find him an interesting popular culture figure - not a credible guru, in case anyone was looking for that - not likely to fulfill such overblown expectations as might arise from this unfortunately bumptious title - but still worth a read. He learned some lessons from taking narcissism and materialism to an unfortunate extreme - maybe his readers can learn some of those lessons without needing to replicate the more cautionary aspects of his tale?
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