“If a man’s education has been literary, he finds himself at the age of twenty-two with a considerable skill that he cannot exercise in any manner that appears important to himself.” Excerpt from On Youthful Cynicism, pg 127.

Opens with a philosophical essay on the concept of work, and how it’s been skewed by irrational financial motives and repressive class systems. Written pre-WWII, Russell makes intelligent predictions on the future of Fascism, although a naive case for socialism. Insights on death and society.