This video is a critique of Mike Israetel’s latest book, 'The Aesthetic Revolution'. I demonstrate that:

(1) portions of Mike’s book are AI-generated;
(2) the publisher Hachette Book Group should therefore discontinue the book; and
(3) the book is otherwise terrible.

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Chapters:
0:00 Prologue
0:32 Chapter 1. Introduction
2:01 Chapter 2. An overview of The Aesthetic Revolution
3:27 2.1. The human desire for beauty
4:33 2.2. The anatomy of the aesthetic revolution
6:11 2.3. Why muscle matters
9:50 2.4. Debunking muscle and exercise myths
10:45 2.5. Fat loss
12:21 2.6. Designing a diet
13:36 2.7. Fat-loss and diet myths exposed and explained
15:59 2.8. Training and dieting for long-term results
17:14 2.9. Weight-loss drugs
18:55 2.10. Muscle-gain drugs
20:12 2.11. NEAT drugs
21:22 2.12. Exercise mimetics
22:39 2.13. Advanced surgery
28:21 2.14. Cosmetic surgery
29:14 2.15. Age reversal and genetic engineering
31:05 2.16. Healing and change
32:09 Chapter 3. Signs of generative AI use in The Aesthetic Revolution
34:18 3.1. AI-generated images
36:12 3.2. Negative parallelisms everywhere
38:07 3.2.1. Not just X, but also Y
40:50 3.2.2. Not only X, but Y
41:34 3.2.3. It's not X, it's Y
44:07 3.2.4. No X, no Y, just Z
44:43 3.3. Think of it like …
48:22 3.4. Overuse of the rule of three
53:09 3.5. Em dashes everywhere
54:34 3.6. Promotional and advertisement-like language
58:49 3.7. High density of ‘AI vocabulary’ words
1:00:15 3.8. Is The Aesthetic Revolution entirely AI-generated?
1:02:42 Chapter 4. What are the consequences of Mike Israetel’s use of generative AI in The Aesthetic Revolution?
1:03:08 4.1. The copyright nightmare: why publishers fear generative AI
1:05:09 4.2. The Shy Girl precedent
1:06:14 4.3. Why Hachette must remove The Aesthetic Revolution from publication
1:07:13 Chapter 5. A critical analysis of The Aesthetic Revolution
1:07:38 5.1. A critical analysis of the philosophy
1:08:42 5.1.1. Body dysmorphia and unnecessary intervention
1:12:35 5.1.2. The unexamined vice of vanity
1:14:57 5.1.3. The hedonic treadmill and a dystopian upping of the ante
1:18:00 5.2. A critical analysis of the diet advice
1:18:27 5.2.1. Rapid fat loss and adherence
1:24:20 5.2.2. Rapid fat loss and long-term weight loss maintenance
1:26:34 5.2.3. Rapid fat loss and satiety
1:28:57 5.2.4. Science vs folklore
1:30:36 5.3. A critical analysis of the training advice
1:30:44 5.3.1. Mathematically impossible workouts
1:34:45 5.3.2. The problem with high-rep, short-rest barbell compound lifts
1:36:16 5.3.3. Flawed progression model
1:37:51 Chapter 6. Conclusion