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[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago

Isn't that exactly what these books are calling out? That if you feel surrounded by idiots, it's you who need to work on empathy and communication skills?

[-] dudinax@programming.dev 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You're the only person here who's read them.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

I read a paragraph of a summary of one of them at some point, can't really speak for the series as a whole :)

[-] Happybara@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

This is correct. Fro what i remember In Surrounded by Idiots he starts with a story about a business owner he knew that used the title phrase to describe his own employees and then uses that to lead into the book which is about connecting with other people, perspective, and empathy.

The book is titled like that because it would resonate with the people that actually believe that and are the ones that really need to read the book.