Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as the short cliff's-notes version of the essay and as a charming introduction to The School of Life.
What it is
A School of Life video arguing that everyone marries someone who is somewhat wrong for them, and that this is unavoidable. It is a four-minute version of an essay by Alain de Botton.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2016 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Recommends sw00 · 2016-05 · on “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person”
It's the long form of this: [this video] The author founded The School of Life - which I think is wonderful.
Recommends Nzen · 2025-04 · on “You Wouldn't Download a Hacker News”
Alain de Botton also published this in video form, seven years ago [0]. If you want the cliff's notes, his School of Life channel has a shorter version [1]. [0] [LINK] 22 minutes [1] [this video] 4 minutess
Cites gabrielsroka · 2024-07 · on “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person (2016)”
2017 Followup [LINK] EDIT: I thought his voice sounded familiar: > The School of Life was founded in 2008 by Alain De Botton... [LINK] also 2014 [this video]