“The author founded The School of Life - which I think is wonderful.”
Short video version of the essay.
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It's the long form of this: this video The author founded The School of Life - which I think is wonderful.
Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
1.9M views · Dec 10, 2014 · 4:01 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2016–2025
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.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN points to it as the short cliff's-notes version of the essay and as a charming introduction to The School of Life.
“If you want the cliff's notes, his School of Life channel has a shorter version [1].”HN comment, 2025
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“If you want the cliff's notes, his School of Life channel has a shorter version [1].”
Four-minute short version of the essay.
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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
“also 2014”
School of Life video by the same author.
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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