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    Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person

    The School of Life

    2 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2016–2025

    YouTube

    4:01 · 1.9M views · Dec 10, 2014

    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.

    HN points to it as the short cliff's-notes version of the essay and as a charming introduction to The School of Life.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @NzenApr 2025· in “You Wouldn't Download a Hacker News”

      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

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    2. @sw00May 2016· in “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person”

      It's the long form of this: this video The author founded The School of Life - which I think is wonderful.

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    3. @gabrielsrokaJul 2024· in “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person (2016)”

      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

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