Tools for Conviviality - Ivan Illich; The Dark Forest - Liu Cixin
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#221. Wealth of Nations. finished book #1, and now taking a break since it's tough to read it, but very rewarding to do it.
2. Crafting Interpreters. Would recommend this to people curious about compilers/Interpreters over the dragon book. Much much easier to read.
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#23Software Estimation
Crazy Rich Asians
Practical TLA+
IoT Foundations
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#24“Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill” by Matthieu Ricard
Phenomenal book by a molecular biologist turned monk who talks about happiness being a skill that can be developed through practice. Powerful, well grounded in science, one of those books that can shift your worldview in a supremely positive way.
https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Guide-Developing-Lifes-Impo...
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#25Permanent Record by Edward Snowden.
I've followed his wild ride since the beginning and have always had mixed opinions about his motives, but this book is as craftily written as it is interesting/informative.
He quite purposefully and methodically shares many personal anecdotes and intimate details of his life that put a very human face onto his story. Whoever helped craft and edit this book (with Snowden) deserves much credit - if not second billing.
A worthy read as it fills in many of the missing details of when and how.
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#26Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 by Sir Max Hastings
Great account of the history of the conflict in Vietnam up to and including the Vietnam War
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#27During the past six months I have been challenged intellectually and aesthetically by these works: Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, vol 1-3, by Werner Jaeger Diary by Witold Gombrowicz Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach by Sedgewick 2666 by Roberto Bolaño The Linux Programming Interface by Michael Kerrisk Tomie: No Use Escaping by Junji Ito L’homme aux cercles by Fred Vargas Cryptonomicon by Neal St…
That's a great list, and thank you for including works in Spanish. Do you have more recommendations? I've been neglecting my Spanish reading and losing it little by little.
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#28Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Mate.
Any big take away from this book so far? I was diagnosed with ADD in my early twenties, been trying to learn as much as I can.
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#29Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson: I assume a HN classic. Good read nonetheless. Crazy imaginative. Prior experience with Stephenson is limited to Snowcrash, which I found to be quite good as well.
Benjamin Franklin - Walter Isaacson: Biographies are immensely underrated. A good biography has had the effect of raising my own aspirations by orders of magnitude. Not sure what it is exactly about them. Being reminded that accomplished figures were humans first and foremost is always good. Either way, struck by the practicality of the man -- something I'm looking to emulate in my own life.
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#30I’m getting into Gary Shteyngart. Just read Lake Success and now reading Super Sad True Love Story. Both sort of dark and really funny.