University of Life

I am an admirer of Alain de Botton, especially after listening to his earnest imploration in his TED talk. And I have read more than one of his works (How Proust can change your Life, parts of The Architecture of Happiness). So I was intrigued when I stumbled across this. I now have excellent ways to sum up certain friends of mine - Oh, he's my bibliotherapist! Inspired as it sounds, I won't be shocked if the enterprise folds up in a while. People succumb to peer pressure and work more often than they pick up nice books and help themselves get inspired. And paying for such services seems rather expensive. I have friends who do this for free for me :)