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Interesting, that's on the Army Advanced Situational Awareness reading list ( http://www.benning.army.mil/armor/316thCav/ASA/ReadingList.h... ).
The link is not working for me :(
http://www.benning.army.mil/armor/316thCav/ASA/content/pdf/A...
A few Stroustrup books. A few Chinese language books (to help communicate with co-workers) A few Algorithmic Trading related books as well as a few math books. And, laugh if you wish, a few Buddhism books to help remind myself patience, no negative energy, etc. If I am feeling frustrated I can read a few quick thoughts.
Gödel Escher Bach, or GEB. It's one of the most informative books I've ever read with a really valuable perspective to view information through. I find myself applying it more frequently the more recently I've re-read it.
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Had a bunch of books about electricity/electronics (google for 'best book about ...')
Also bitcoin got me to hear about Statistics:
- http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL - https://web.stanford.edu/~hastie/Papers/ESLII.pdf
Lastly, Queinnec LiSP is never far from reach
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I keep ~10 books at my desk. 9 of them are related to Javascript / Python / Probability etc [1]., There is one book though, that I really love to see everyday. Arabian Nights. That was the first book that was gifted to me when I was 11. I always had it with me. It reminds me of my childhood when things get too stressed and I read excerpts out of this book. [1] https://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Definitive-Guide-Activa…
Which translation of Arabian Nights do you have? I've been wanting to read it for a few years now but haven't got around to it. I think this will the next book I read. Any suggestions are appreciated!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translations_of_One_Thousand_a...
I use a couple of books to prop up my monitor. I also got a notebook.
"What's my purpose?" "You pass butter." -- Rick Sanchez
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I have the Ernest Chan books. "Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (10th Edition)" and a few other Economics and Finance books. Happy to share a complete list if anyone really wants it.
I would be interested to know if there was a 'gold standard'/'bible' of finance books for someone who knows very little, but doesn't mind a technical read.
https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-cor...
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Among the books, you included Thinking, Fast and Slow which really stands out, and I was wondering what you gained from it, and how you'd summarize its relevance/value? I've been meaning to read it, and I think it's really interesting that it provides enough value to be among the others.
This is a fantastic book. It's essentially a summary of the author (Daniel Kahneman's) academic career, worth reading because he's one of the founders of "behavioral economics" - the idea that economic-decision making should be studied using real people and experiments--how they do it in psychology--rather than a bunch of mathematical models on a blackboard which may or may not accurately capture human behavior (desp…