As we crack open this bottle of cab sav - simultaneously breaking our ‘dry January’ resolution, we discuss whether our never-ending quest towards self-improvement, something which is never more prevalent than at the beginning of a new year, is actually just making us hate ourselves. Should we throw out our self help books in favour of giving less of a shit? Plus, if our recent digital detoxes are anything to go by, 2020 looks to be the year of being ‘medium online’ - where we’re not completely offline but not living on there, either. And why all men should follow Obama's suit and watch 'Little Women.'

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Recommendations: 

Podcast: How to Fail with Andrew Scott

Show: Morning Wars - Apple TV

Movie: Long Shot - Netflix

Book: Malcom Gladwell - Talking to Strangers 

'Being offline is a massive luxury': The case for a half-hearted digital detox - Sydney Morning Herald 

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/being-offline-is-a-massive-luxury-the-case-for-a-half-hearted-digital-detox-20191219-p53lla.html

Improving ourselves to death - the New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/improving-ourselves-to-death

I can’t even trust myself anymore - New York Times 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/27/opinion/sunday/internet-trust-2010s.html

How to be medium online - Man Repeller 

https://www.manrepeller.com/2019/12/medium-online.html

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