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Ask HN: How to win friends – 70 years later

by itry on 11/25/14, 11:57 PM with 7 comments

• by ggchappell on 11/26/14, 12:13 AM

  > How to win friends and influence people is 70 years old now.

  Actually, it's 78 years old (2014-1936 = 78).

  In any case, the book has been revised significantly. If you buy a new copy today, then you're not getting the 1936 text. Wikipedia[1] indicates that the most recent major update was in 1981.

  > Have any other books on the topic been released that are highly popular?

  That seems likely, although I doubt that any single book has had anything like the popularity of HtWFaIP (if only because HtWFaIP was published in a time when bookstore shelves were not overflowing with self-help books).

  I'd be interested in an answer to this question, too.

  [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influen...

• by 32faction on 11/26/14, 7:07 AM

  Make sure you get a copy from the 1930s! Everything else has been edited from the original text.

  On another note, get a copy! I read it and was surprised a book nearly 80 years old is still highly relevant. It was actually pleasing to read the way people "spoke in books" back then as to today's book.

• by ponyous on 11/26/14, 5:10 PM

  I think much better question is, which self-improvement books do HN recommend? I haven't read a lot of them but I'm planning on reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

• by _RPM on 11/26/14, 1:02 AM

  Has anyone actually read this book? Is it effective?