Ask HN: Which book has had the most meaningful contribution in your life?

Post by one_level_deep » Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 12:28 PM UTC

throwaway32448 wrote: post #64

gizmo wrote: post #33

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Read the micro 101 and macro 101 textbooks used by good universities. Principles of Economics by Taylor is one of the common textbooks. Macroeconomics by Mankiw is another one. Intro courses on any subject tend to be very accessible to laypeople. Sowell is unserious because he misrepresents the other side. He basically argues that when you leave everything for the market to figure out it will automatically turn out a…

From chapter 17 of Basic Economics: “Economic decisions made through the marketplace are not always better than decisions that governments can make. Much depends on whether those market transactions accurately reflect both the costs and the benefits which result. Under some conditions, they do not. When someone buys a table or a tractor, the question as to whether it is worth what it cost is answered by the actions o…

Post by bheadmaster » Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 6:30 AM UTC

sumo89 wrote: post #70

qzx_pierri wrote: post #54

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What’s the point of specifying “cis” ? That’s the default. Because it appears that adding that bit serves as a low effort social grift.

Cis means I identify now as I did when I was born. I was born male and still identify as male. As such I haven't had the struggles of someone who has had to discover their identity. "Low effort social grift", sorry I thought we were in a place of normal conversions with like minded nerds, I didn't realise this was actually twitter.

Post by sircastor » Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 4:08 PM UTC

sowbug wrote: post #46

When I was seven years old, my mom got ensnared by a door-to-door World Book encyclopedia sales pitch. That set, in turn, ensnared me. It was the closest thing in the 1970s to today's internet. I could look up almost any topic that came to mind. I could research any topic we were learning in grade school. When I was bored, I could flip through any volume and learn about whatever subject happened to present itself. I…

Post by bheadmaster » Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 12:43 PM UTC

sumo89 wrote: post #96

bheadmaster wrote: post #93

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In that case, you should also mention that you're neurotypical, have all 4 limbs, are not gay, do not suffer from bad digestion, weren't raped when you're a kid, etc. - since you haven't had the struggles of someone who has had all those problems. It wouldn't be fair to only pander to transgender community, would it? > "Low effort social grift", sorry I thought we were in a place of normal conversions with like minde…

"It is a part of normal conversation to call out empty virtue signalling when observed. Ironically, deflecting discussion by labeling it as "X-like" (where, in this case, X=Twitter) instead of providing real arguments is exactly what a typical Twitter shitposter would do. " Mate, you need to check yourself. Read the context of my original post, maybe even click the link and have a look at some of the studies. If that…

Post by bheadmaster » Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 3:05 PM UTC

sumo89 wrote: post #98

bheadmaster wrote: post #97

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> Mate, you need to check yourself. I don't think I do. If you're unwilling (or incapable) of defending your point with logical arguments, this place definitely isn't for you. I know that acting all high and mighty is a good manipulation technique that works on emotionally driven people who crave approval, but I don't really care about your opinion of me as a person, I only care about logical connections you can make…

My logical connections are looking at your comment history and seeing you supporting Trump and distrusting vaccines so I think the reddit piss drinking analogy works best here. I'm out.