Summary: An attempt to make philosophy young and hip and applicable to the modern world (using question like What does it mean to be a slut, How to reject the faith of your upbringing, and How to break up with your boyfriend.)
In my attempt to work through the audiobooks I have in my archive before buying new ones, I am running across a few that I probably should have just skipped. Just because it is free does not mean it is worth downloading. Over the past year or two I have stopped picking up a lot of free books that I would have picked up earlier because I have read a number of books I picked up for free that were just not worth the effort.
PhilLOLZophy is not a horrible book. But it is not particularly good either. The idea is decent. Make philosophy accessible by using it in real world situations. But the working out of the idea is mixed at best.
It is clearly oriented toward young 20 somethings. Which is not bad. I like a lot of books that are not oriented toward my 40 something self (like Packing Light). But this seems to be trying too hard to be cool. There is a good bit of language (which I am not opposed to), when appropriate to the subject. But here is seems to be a way to show coolness. And much of the content is oriented around sex, dating, and becoming an adult. Again, I am not opposed to those subjects. But it seems the authors want to talk about them and occasionally bring up philosophical ideas. And this seems to reverse the point of the book.
