Jan Drost (b. 1975) is a writer and philosopher. He specializes in the philosophy of culture, and the philosophy of love in particular. He teaches at The School of Life Amsterdam and writes for nrc.next, nrc Handelsblad, De Volkskrant and Filosofie Magazine. He is the author of Het romantisch misverstand (The Romantic Fallacy, 2011), now in its fourth printing. Denken helpt (Thinking Helps, 2015) Jan Drost investigates what can make us happy – or rather more modestly, less unhappy with the aid of thinkers including Aristotle, Epicurus, Seneca, Spinoza and Sartre. The book will be published in China and Korea.