THE VIDEO SHELF · relationships and marriage
Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
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 HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as the short cliff's-notes version of the essay and as a charming introduction to The School of Life.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- The School of Life
- Topic
- relationships and marriage
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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It's the long form of this: [VIDEO] The author founded The School of Life - which I think is wonderful.
sw00 on Hacker News · 2016-05
In Why You Will Marry the Wrong PersonAlain 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] [VIDEO] 4 minutess
Nzen on Hacker News · 2025-04
In You Wouldn't Download a Hacker News
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