In Emergency, Break Glass
What Nietzsche Can Teach Us about Joyful Living in a Tech-Saturated World

There are plenty of reasons to dislike Nietzsche. Even prior to his slow descent into madness, he mostly adopted anti-enlightenment principles and illiberal attitudes towards human equality. While Nietzsche was not a proto-Nazi himself (he hated bigots), his constant references to “higher types”—com......more

Friedrich Nietzsche was a philosopher towards the end of the 1800s. People love him and hate him. He is possibly the most polarizing philosopher in history. So, in the hope of sorting through it all, I read In Emergency, Break Glass, by Nate Anderson, an academic, journalist, human, and fan. The res......more

I really, really, really enjoyed and appreciated this book. Nate Anderson may or not be an ubermensch, but he’s definitely a mensch. He introduces us to some of Nietzsche’s ideas and then encourages us to use them as a defense against the information overload that most of us are experiencing. We als......more

Accessible, succinct, and timely. I'm no Nietzsche expert but, from what little I do understand, Anderson successfully draws connections from the philosopher's more mainstream ideas to our present-day digital ills - all the while debunking some mainstream misconceptions, as well. What separated Niet......more

One of those books that makes the pleasure of reading feel more like a noble pursuit than a selfish indulgence. The only thing that would make the book more meaningful would be to ponder it on a long walk in nature in the coming days. I dare say if you read it, you're not done until you also act it o......more