You Must Relax
Praise for You Must Relax
“I like it.”
— Justin Rosenstein, Inventor of the “Like”
“Nobody reads this book because they’re looking for something. They read it because they want to have fun. It doesn’t even matter if you read it because swiping is so fun.”
— Sean Rad, Former CEO of Tinder
“Even if you don’t read it, the fact that you’re here thinking about reading it, that matters too.”
— Reed Hastings, Founder of Netflix
“Physical books? Everyone knows they’re bad for you. The industry is ripe for disruption.”
— Adam Bowen, Chief Technology Officer at Juul Labs
“Propaganda has a negative connotation, which it partially deserves, but I think there is some propaganda that is very positive. I feel that if you can do something that gets people's attention, then maybe they'll go and find out more.”
— Shepard Fairey, Anticapitalist Marketer of OBEY Clothing
“You come across online comments about yourself, like the ones in this book, and it’s a very dehumanizing thing. It’s almost like how, in war, you go through this bloody, dehumanizing thing… My hope is, as we get out of it, we’ll reach the next level of conscience.”
— Gwyneth Paltrow, Empress of GOOP
"When the book was getting going, I had these people who would come up to me and they would say, 'I'm not gonna read it.' And I would say, 'OK. You know, you will.' And then they would say, 'No, no, no. I value my real-life interactions. I value the moment. I value presence. I value intimacy.' And I would say, 'He'll get you eventually.'"
— Sean Parker, First President of Facebook