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Biography Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist best known for his work on psychology, productivity, and the human condition. For over a decade, he wrote a weekly column in The Guardian titled “This Column Will Change Your Life,” blending philosophical insight with modern self-help trends. His earlier book The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking challenged the standard ideas of optimism. In Four Thousand Weeks, Burkeman continues that journey—not to teach us how to do more, but how to face the truth of how little time we truly have. “The average human lifespan is absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short,” he writes, setting the tone for a book that both sobers and liberates.