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Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?
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Re: Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?
#242I don't have a list because I usually look around on here for my next book to read. I see a lot of similar titles after reading through this thread. Some I've read, some I've started and got bored with and a lot I've never heard of.
I just finished reading Siddartha, which is a really short book, but I'd like to read more that are similar to this, any suggestions?
I see Designing Data-Intensive Applications quite a bit in this thread, might have a go at that one too.
Currently I'm reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Standard_Oi... which is fascinating!
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#243My plan is to read about the french revolution and as such I was thinking about reading the books recommended by Five Books[1]: 1. Ancien Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville 2. Interpreting the French Revolution by François Furet 3. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution by Simon Schama 4. Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution by R. R. Palmer 5. New Regime: Transform…
In your case I can't recommend enough joseph fouché by stefan zweig
Re: Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?
#244My compiled list for 2020, as suggested by friends I respect and HN: General ==== - Master & Margarita (w reader's guide) - Why we sleep - The righteous mind: why good people are divided by politics and religion - The wisdom of insecurity - The denial of death - The three body problem (friend's advice: slow burn, stick with it) - The dubliners - The devils (Dostoyevski) - The name of the rose - Enten-Oller (Kierkegaa…
My fiancée is an avid reader of fiction and canonical literature, she averages around 40 books a year. I was looking for something interesting to get her one Birthday for a change and was recommended "The Master & Margarita" by some folks on reddit. She loved it. It's a very strange book apparently but it steered her into some other Russian authors since. I've read "Why we sleep" on your list—I average about 20 non f…
I've seen The Master & Margarita mentioned a few times in this thread and for anyone who might pick it up, you'll want to familiarize yourself with popular historical Christian names and events first.
I was not raised Catholic and was a bit lost reading through some of it because I had no idea who some of the characters were or what the references meant. Made for some fun conversations with my girlfriend who read it first and was familiar with all those names and their historical context.
It was a fun book to read though. Got a bit boring for a while but the ending is great so I'm glad I stuck with it.
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I wonder if we both agree on our dislike of Ayn Rand. She presents a world view that is nicely convenient to people who don't want to care about others. Having a model of how the world is based on her writing would make one a callous person.
That's a poor comparison - just because the universe is amoral, doesn't mean we have to be. There's two parallel paths that I see people confuse all the time, that of how the world is (truth) and how we should be (good). Nietzsche is interesting for talking about truth, not necessarily good. Practical philosophy is just telling you what is good, and so far I haven't seen a moral framework that is competent at that. E…
Thank you for engaging in this conversation and sharing your thoughts!
Re: Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?
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Start with Guns, Germs, and Steel and/or Digital Minimalism ;)
A book to read immediately after Guns Germs and Steel is Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu. It's also useful to know that Diamond does not have a degree in Geography and many geographers aren't particularly on board with his ideas. I think of him the same way I do Malcom Gladwell, a good story teller but he does this by cherrypicking anecdotes more than by a robust assessment of reality.
> It's also useful to know that Diamond does not have a degree in Geography
He has degrees in history and anthropology and has been a professor of geography for decades.
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#248No i don't have books sorry :(
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#249I will try getting through Goodfellows ‚Deep Learning‘ book, the maths for ML book: https://mml-book.github.io/ and the classic ‚The Fractal Geometry of Nature‘.
I’m also listening to various audiobooks, but these are much easier to get through in bulk than books I’ve actually got to sit down and read for like the above.
Re: Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?
#250This is going to be an expensive thread for me. Thank you for posting the Ask HN!