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As he begins this book, the author muses about the fate of Macbeth at the hands of the three witches. Their strategies led to his downfall, and--though much refined due to modern technology--are in force today. The urge for ultra-solutions has been with us since unrecorded time, and the witches are always there to offer sinister encouragement.

Sure-fire candidates for ultra-solutions emerge in such chapters as "Twice as Much Is Not Necessarily Twice as Good," "Good Can Be Bad," "Nonzero-Sum Games," "Brave Digitalized World," and "I Know Exactly What You're Thinking." Other chapters...

Paul Watzlawick hat mit seiner »Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein« einen Millionenbestseller geschrieben - was nur den Schluss zulässt, dass Leiden ungeheuer schön sein muss. Anders als die gängigen »Glücksanleitungen« führen Watzlawicks Geschichten uns vor Augen, was wir täglich gegen unser mögliches Glück tun. Nach der Lektüre werden auch Sie begreifen, warum Sie den Nachbarn, den Sie um einen Hammer baten, am liebsten erschlagen würden.

Paul Watzlawick klärt auf unkonventionelle und amüsante Weise darüber auf, was die sogenannte Wirklichkeit tatsächlich ist. Denn sie ist keineswegs das, was wir naiv »Wirklichkeit« zu nennen pflegen, sie ist vielmehr das Ergebnis zwischenmenschlicher Kommunikation, was Watzlawick mit vielen verblüffenden Beispielen belegt.

This book examines how individual, social, scientific, and ideological "realities" are constructed, after which we naively assume they are the "real" realities. Contributors include Ernst von Glaserfeld (known for his cognitive studies with chimpanzees); cybeneticist Heinz von Foerster; David L. Rosenhan (author of On Being Sane in Insane Places); microbiologist Francisco J. Varela; and Gabriel Stolzenberg, professor of mathematics at Northeastern University. Paul Watzlawick has contributed commentary, an introduction and an epilogue, and two of the ten essays.

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The book is divided into six sections: Theory (includes articles on the study of the family and human communication); Research (reports of research projects); Training (use of videotape, training of nonprofessionals); Normality, Neurosis, and Psychosis; Change (the therapeutic process); and Family Medicine (the impact of somatic illness on family interaction).

Over the years MRI has viewed family therapy not as a new, additional treatment method, but, first, as a new way of conceptualizing human problems, and, secondly, as a different therapeutic approach based on this...