One wonders, as well, whether the concept warrants (or benefits from) such an exhaustive investigation. Most readers will come to the book with their own understanding of what awesome is, so for Riggle to treat his idiosyncratic interpretation as standard without any outside support feels presumptuous. The book has the noble intention of fostering greater social connection but its presentation can be off-putting. Riggle effortlessly pairs a conversational tone with intellectual rigor. The book draws on diverse cultural references that include Proust and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The book deconstructs awesomeness and suckiness, builds an "ethics of awesomeness," and includes an extensive taxonomy of awesomeness and suckiness. Grappling with questions such as "What is the difference between being down and being game, and how do they relate to awesomeness?", Riggle leverages his academic experience as a philosophy professor at the University of California, San Diego, to lend credibility to the project. Riggle's first book thoroughly explores the concept of awesomeness along with its ugly flip side, suckiness.
An accessible and entertaining lens for navigating the ethics of our time, On Being Awesome provides a new and inspiring framework for understanding ourselves and creating meaningful connections in our everyday lives.
Put more simply: You suck.įrom street art to folk singers, Proust to the great etiquette writer Emily Post, President Obama to former Los Angeles Dodger Glenn Burke, Riggle draws on pop culture, politics, history, and sports to explore the origins of awesome, and delves into the nuances of what it means to suck and why it’s so important to strive for awesomeness. And if you’re a cheapskate, self-promoter, killjoy, or douchebag, you’re the type of person who shuts social openings down. Awesome people excel at creating social openings that encourage expressions of individuality and create community. We all know people who are awesome and people who suck, but what do we really mean by these terms? Have you ever been chill or game? Do you rock or rule? If so, then you’re tapped into the ethics of awesomeness. But don’t miss its profound ambition, which is to show how philosophy unearths the structure of ordinary language, defines the meaning of life in routine business, and poses the question of how best to live.” -Aaron James, author of Assholes: A Theory “Nick Riggle’s fun book is ‘awesome’ by its own definition. In this lively treatise, pro-skater-turned-philosopher Nick Riggle presents a theory of awesomeness (and its opposite, suckiness) that’s both sharply illuminating and more timely than ever
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