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Re: Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?

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Post by peacefulnerd »

VierScar wrote: post #119
peacefulnerd wrote: post #112

I RSS read all day about solid state batteries, which recently are in power banks. Hope to hear about folding MicroLED phones on www.microled-info.com But they will start out too expensive. Because abusive parents false arrested/committed me without a trial as manic for buying a Linux (they can barely use apple) computer and RockBox music player. I spent much time gathering these quotes https://antipsychiatry.yay.boo…

What are the quotes? I don't understand, some of them are just a single word like "Art", "Autoimmune", "Cartoons"; or innocuous phrases with no context. What am I supposed to understand from this?

The beginning is a list of ## chapters because there's many. A woman was in the psych ward for more than a decade. Luckily a doctor tested for autoimmune, which cured her.

For example you can search the page for ## False Claims Act. It will show the FBI jailing psychiatrists who illegally over billed Medicaid for fake or unnecessary services.

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Post by hberg »

Just finished Ken Kocienda's "Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs".

It was interesting to read about the various decisions made along the way to the first iPhone launch and remember the real-time launch back then. Even though the first phone had limitations, they were able to do enough things "right" that you could feel the paradigm shift within a few minutes of using it. Coming from a mobile software company at the time (and having access to all the top phones of the time, various Blackerry devices, Moto Razr, etc) it was easy to see that Apple had really made something extraordinary with its software.

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Post by criddell »

shmoe wrote: post #100
criddell wrote: post #25

I gave Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations a go and gave up around half way. Maybe if I knew the historical context it would seem more profound? I enjoyed Three Body Problem a lot more than I thought I would. That was probably the best book I read in 2025.

Did you read the rest of the 3 body problem books? Some of the best scifi i've read in a looong time for sure.

No, not yet. I only recently found out there was more.

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Post by Anon84 »

I’ve been working towards my WSET diploma so not much non-wine related fun reading. That being said:

     - Phylloxera: How Wine was Saved for the world by Christy Campbell is a surprisingly fun read on how the entire wine industry was almost destroyed in the late 19th century.
      - Red/Green/Blue Mars by K. S. Robinson hard sci-fi about mars colonization and terraforming. First rereading in 20 years or so. Holds up extremely well.
      - Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. A thought provoking take on how broad stroke human history developed since the Bronze Age.

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Post by submeta »

„Essentialism“ genuinely changed how I think about work and life. I used to operate under the assumption that every task deserves attention, often equal attention, which inevitably led to overload and constant context switching. Reading this helped me realize that the most successful people do the opposite: they focus relentlessly on a small number of truly important things and deliberately ignore the rest. That shift alone has been transformative for me.

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Post by TOMDM »

cplanas wrote: post #149
killerstorm wrote: post #145

I read a lot of books, the one I'd recommend the most is Greg Egan's "Axiomatic" short story collection.

Nice! I haven't read Axiomatic yet, but this has been my "Greg Egan year". I have read Permutation City and Diaspora: maybe the two most stimulating scifi novels I have ever read.

+1 for permutation city.

The core concept is so well established in the book.

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Post by momentmaker »

The Burnout Society

Strangers in Paradise: How Families Adapt to Wealth Across Generations

Co-Intelligence: Living and Working With AI

The Year in Tech 2024

This Is Strategy

Optimal Illusions

Matrix Energetics

Models

The Value of Others

The Essence of Bhagavad Gita

From Barista to Billionaire

Go On Alone

78 Days Practical Transurfing

The New Game of Life and How to Play It

Getting Real

There Is No Such Thing as Business Ethics

How to Be Happy All The Time

Shape Up

Catching the Big Fish

Babaji The Lightning Standing Still

The Courage to be Happy

Systemantics: How Systems Work and Especially How They Fail

The Art of Spending Money

Laws of Life

The Oracle

Kriya Yoga: Spiritual Awakening for the New Age

Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life

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