"The Encounter", a National Geographic photographer's meeting with a tribe of telepathic Amazon Indians.
Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?
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#82HPMoR
I loved that book more than the original. I think they should make it a movie. How do you continue learning more types of stuff that the book teaches you?
Check out http://lesswrong.com/
Also, Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote a book called Rationality: From AI to Zombies.
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#83Man's search for meaning by Victor Frank https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man's_Search_for_Meaning
Re-listened many times the audio version. He reads it himself in a nice consumable speed.
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#84How to get Rich - Felix Dennis https://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Rich-Greatest-Entrepreneurs/d...
The title is a little off-putting, but this guy was the most straight-shooting billionaire out there on what getting rich requires.
This interview gives a flavor of the style:
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#85Neil Strauss' Emergency and Peter Heller's The Dog Stars . I read the piece in the New Yorker about rich tech guys and their bug out plans for the apocalypse (including Reddit's Alex Ohanian). I love Strauss' journey from survivalist to community volunteer. It changed the way I think about preparedness. Heller's book is one of only a few that I find myself thinking about all the time. I'm a sucker for any book with a…
You might also like "The Knowledge" by Dr Lewis Dartnell.
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#86Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Bill Gates famously said that anyone who finished TAOCP should send him their resume, but to me, anyone who has read and done all the SICP exercises would be a good hire, and it is a far more achievable task.
I had been programming for about 10 years or so when I read it and did all the exercises. It seriously leveled-up my abilities, in my opinion.
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#87The First and Last Freedom by Jiddu Krishnamurti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_and_Last_Freedom
For a moment I thought you were going to say "The First and Last Men" - but then I realized I'd mis-remembered the title:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_and_First_Men
This is an excellent sci-fi exploration of possible future, especially given the year in which it was written. I've not re-read it since I've only finished it a few months ago, but it was an excellent read.
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#88The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett I understood a lot more of the jokes this time through, I think I was in Elementary school the last time I read it :)
Took me two reads to realize that the magical word people didn't understand, described as "reflected sound of underground spirits", was economics.
That moment of realization; d'oh!
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#89I read this every year
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
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#901984, followed directly by Brave New World. Our world resembles a lot from each of these books. Much like in 1984, we have devices and companies constantly monitoring us (iOS, Android, Facebook, etc.), we have “news programs” and websites seemingly modeled after the “two minutes hate”, and we clearly have some Ministry of Truth-like misinformation getting spread around while accurate information gets lost or ignored.…
Short mention of a new book related to 1984: 2084 the end of the world http://www.europaeditions.com/book/9781609453664/2084-the-en...
Haven't read it yet, but it looks interesting