# Aion by Carl Jung 2 Hacker News commenters recommended Aion by Carl Jung and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend it for its excellent first few chapters and as a fit for personal questions. One reader found the later chapters on fish symbolism hard going. ## Why people recommend it - Early chapters called excellent (1 comments): "The first few chapters of Aion are excellent, but then Jung just goes on for like a dozen chapters about fish symbolism which completely lost me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46392052)) - Recommended as a match for questions (1 comments): "This is your sign to read some Carl Jung, it matches perfectly with what you are asking." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50331773)) ## What people warn about - Later chapters on fish symbolism (1 comments): "The first few chapters of Aion are excellent, but then Jung just goes on for like a dozen chapters about fish symbolism which completely lost me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46392052)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/courage-to-be-disliked.md): 7 recommend - [Influence by Robert Cialdini](https://hackerapproved.com/p/influence.md): 7 recommend - [The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inner-game-of-tennis.md): 4 recommend - [The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/happiness-hypothesis.md): 3 recommend - [Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stumbling-on-happiness.md): 3 recommend ## Where to get it - [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691097593?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link) - [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780691097596) (affiliate link) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Aion by Carl Jung", https://hackerapproved.com/p/aion/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).