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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pattern_Language#Other_title...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nature_of_Order
"Permaculture – A Designer's Manual" Applied ecology for long-term (megayear) stability.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
"Introduction to Cybernetics" Ashby
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASHBBOOK.html (PDF available)
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i love taleb but i thought skin in the game was the most disappointing of all of this books.
I could never get into Taleb for some reason. Am I the only one who thinks his writing is extremely long winded?
Nevertheless, it behooves us to try to remember that we are susceptible to the "Black Swan effect", the very real tendency to immediately forget that our sacred cows shit the bed.
The Power of Vulnerability, by Brené Brown. Given the amount of imposter syndrome, internalized shame, and unhealthy posturing that I've seen in the startup space, it seems especially relevant for folks here. This really changed my relationship towards vulnerability as a leader. Also, it's quite entertaining. She's very charming in her delivery, and she does a good job exemplifying her findings in the presentation of…
There are diversions along the way about Soviet cars, the probability of getting lung cancer from any given cigarette, academic freedom, etc.
I started reading this year after a gap of perhaps 10. Sci-fi. Couldn't be happier. Strong recommendations: - Anathem, Neal Stephenson (already on my second read) - Accelerando, Charles Stross - Glasshouse, Charles Stross
I read "The New Jim Crow" yesterday. A lot of it is familiar, but the sheer scale of how many black men are incarcerated was eye opening. The extent that we discriminate against released criminals was also eye opening, even if some of it was things I knew in the back of my mind.
Not quite a book but definitely a long essay. "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" by David Foster Wallace. Great read on consumerism, escapism, and the funny things that people seem to do on cruise ships. Also just started keeping a public kanban board of my book backlog and wondering if others do something similar? I'd be curious to know how others organize their book lists and peaking through to find new t…
1. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, by Scott McCloud A comic about comics, but I don’t think you have to enjoy the medium to get something out of the book. If you enjoy exploring subjects to their core, give it a shot. 2. The Sculptor, by Scott McCloud The latest fiction graphic novel by the person who wrote a seminal book on comics. No surprise it does a lot of things right. 3. S-Town, by Brian Reed Technica…
It was published in '93. I just looked and I couldn't find the exact quote, but at one point he says something like, "even if you don't read comics, they will be influencing popular art and entertainment" and I thought, "Didn't a comicbook-based movie just gross two billion dollars?"
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> 1: Hero With A Thousand Faces Unusual. The first time, I - happily - see someone on HN mentioning Joseph Campbell and this book. As a following up lecture, I'd recommend: The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242530.The_Hero_s_Journe...
Probably a result of Jordan Peterson becoming famous. He mentions Campbell a lot.
Then again, George Lucas is among those who like it, so it’s not necessarily an intellectually valuable cohort.