Summer Reading List
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Summer Reading List
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#2Every time I see Sarno's book recommended, it's always controversial, with the "woo-woo" camp and the "it worked for me so I don't care" camp, though I think the people-who-I-respect-who-recommend-this ratio is way higher than most crank books, so it's interesting in that regard. Thoughts? (I haven't read it)
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#3It looks like an interesting list. Anyone else remember the Global Business Network (GBN) book club, with Stewart Brand? It was a great resource for so many years. Sadly, it seems to have dropped off the internet with the demise of GBN.
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#4Pretty cool to see Sheck Exley on this list. He's a pioneer of cave diving, which has a lot of great (and terrifying) lessons about safety, risk, and human factors for programmers to steal.
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#5Every time I see Sarno's book recommended, it's always controversial, with the "woo-woo" camp and the "it worked for me so I don't care" camp, though I think the people-who-I-respect-who-recommend-this ratio is way higher than most crank books, so it's interesting in that regard. Thoughts? (I haven't read it)
It always surprises me that people find the concept of the brain being connected to the body to be "woo-woo". The objections are very unscientific. Biology is incredibly complex, and our understanding of it is very shallow, yet people scornfully dismiss the idea that the brain could in any way cause sensation in the body. I think the key to their misunderstanding is the tendency to imagine the brain as a completely separate thing, like the driver of an automobile, rather than a deeply integrated and intertwined system, which science shows it to be.
Phantom limb syndrome is in many ways similar -- do these same people consider that "woo-woo"?
My one issue with Sarno is that he's a little light on detail in terms of what exactly I need to do to get rid of the pain. For that, I've found this organization/program to be helpful: http://www.tmswiki.org/forum/pages/overcomingpain/
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#6Slightly off topic, but how many books do you all read a month? I have a hard time getting past 1 a month.
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#7Slightly off topic, but how many books do you all read a month? I have a hard time getting past 1 a month.
Uhhh I feel accomplished if I get through 3 a year
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#8Slightly off topic, but how many books do you all read a month? I have a hard time getting past 1 a month.
1 every two months or so.
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#9Slightly off topic, but how many books do you all read a month? I have a hard time getting past 1 a month.
Audiobooks are a great way to increase your book intake considerably. "Reading" while washing dishes, other house chores and commuting can easily get you through 2-3 extra books a month (depending on the length of the commute :)
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#10Slightly off topic, but how many books do you all read a month? I have a hard time getting past 1 a month.
I was the same way until I realized reading fiction before bed helps me sleep better. Turns off the mental to do list. Now I'm at 3/month fiction.
For non-fiction, I need to be stuck on a plane or have a clear weekend morning.