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Ask HN: Which books you have read till now that were worth investing time in?
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#132I like to read a wide variety of genre from fiction to human psychology. For the mind: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg - A great book on how to communcate more effectively with others. Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman -He is the only psychologist ever to recieve the Nobel Prize if I remember correctly. This book scientifically digests human biases and errors and how they influence our every da…
"Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman -He is the only psychologist ever to recieve the Nobel Prize if I remember correctly. This book scientifically digests human biases and errors and how they influence our every day lives and decision making. Sometimes it a bit too technical for my taste and I like mostly the first part. (its not an easy read) I rarely had so many Aha-moments."
This one seems to have gotten caught up a bit in psych's reproducibility crisis - e.g. https://replicationindex.com/2017/02/02/reconstruction-of-a-...
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#133The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith
It shows how politics works, and how there's no difference between democrats and dictators. Very interesting.
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#1341. Master and Margarita by Bulgakov.
2. The Satanic Verses by Rushdie.
(It felt like these two books have something in common.)
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#135- The Way of The Superior Man. The only "self help" book I give any credit. It really boils down to encouraging people to have a purpose in life and accept ourselves. - The Stupidity Paradox. Ever feel the world works in a "stupid" way? That your organization keeps promoting stupid ideas? Read this book and get into the roots of functional stupidity. It's a bit repetitive, but extremely insightful book. - Structure a…
Because as far as self-help books go, the vast majority, that one included (sorry), don't even register as anything close to worthy. Here's 3 that are actually worth your time: 1. The Body Keeps the Score; 2. CPTSD: From Surviving to Thriving; 3. Whole Again.
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Re: Ask HN: Which books you have read till now that were worth investing time in?
#136The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith It shows how politics works, and how there's no difference between democrats and dictators. Very interesting.
This book is a bit like Guns, Germs and Steel or Sapiens. Very popular, very quotable, but tends to give the false impression that the theory contained within is uncontroversially correct.
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#137The Overstory by Richard Powers: this book changed the way I look at trees. I'll be driving some days and out of nowhere notice a tree and appreciate it. This book inspired me to consider that there is an objective meaning to life. The Incerto Series by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: where to start...I started reading this series over a decade ago and I still think about it weekly. It can be very dense to get through as I to…
> Thought experiment: if you could take your dream vacation at no expense but would have no memories or photos/videos of the trip would you do it? No. The photos and videos are not interesting, but .. no memories? Further, I am unlikely to take it if I also have to be alone. Experiences are, for me, to be shared because shared experiences are the coin that connect us to others.
I would argue that by definition 'your dream vacation' would include the company that would take part in your ideal vacation.
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#138Science fiction suggestion: The Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. Always makes me think that as a species how we come to peace with and normalize extraordinary events.
I suggest reading the Chronoliths as well.
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#139The Overstory by Richard Powers: this book changed the way I look at trees. I'll be driving some days and out of nowhere notice a tree and appreciate it. This book inspired me to consider that there is an objective meaning to life. The Incerto Series by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: where to start...I started reading this series over a decade ago and I still think about it weekly. It can be very dense to get through as I to…
Absolutely. There is no expense (I take it as of any kind, or are we just talking 'it's paid for'?)
I would assume that at least during my dream vacation, my dream vacation would make me really happy. So 'really happy' beats 'average self' for any amount of time, even if I don't have memories afterwards.
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Did you also like the rest of the books? It got pretty deep into religious nutcase territory eventually. I didn't actually know all the religious controversy around the series before I read the books, so I got to experience that solid increase of "wtf??" moments as the trilogy progressed. The first book is pretty darn good though, won't argue that!
Of the Ender series books, I've read the whole quintet - Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind, Ender in Exile. I've enjoyed all five of them, although the quality drops which each of the instance. Speaker for the Dead is worth the time for sure, the other three I'm not entirely convinced. Speaker won a Hugo award in 1987. Of Card's novels, the Shadow Saga, is a pretty good read thou. I'v…
For me Ender's game was completely ruined when I learned about the controversy around the author, because to me, homophobia goes completely against the message of the books. So it no longer works for me.