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Ask HN: What is the most mind expanding book(s) you have read till date?
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#22Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
Re: Ask HN: What is the most mind expanding book(s) you have read till date?
#23Does body expanding also count if you are a philosophical monist? ;) Overcoming Gravity 2 - buy this book and a pair of gymnastic rings and you are set for life in terms of fitness (...ok, you should also do squats and deadlifts with weights)
Re: Ask HN: What is the most mind expanding book(s) you have read till date?
#24The Bible. I was just sitting reading the book of Revelation considering how many movies lift images directly from this book of the Bible. Then I read from Proverbs that charm is deceptive and beauty fades away. I regularly need reminded not to assign more value to good lookers. This being ironic, as I am no David Hasselhoff. The Bible has been shifting my paradigm for 30 of 50 years.
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#25This Time The World, by GLR.
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#26"The Illuminatus! Triology" by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
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#27"The Illuminatus! Triology" by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
This book turned me into a rabid RAW fan... which in turn lead me to Discordianism. That journey then led me to Rev. Ivan Stang and the Church of the Subgenius. So pretty much, RAW and Robert Shea directly made me the weirdo I am today.
Re: Ask HN: What is the most mind expanding book(s) you have read till date?
#28"The Illuminatus! Triology" by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
Interesting, I went into this expecting a lot and it really missed the mark for me. Maybe I was too old?
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#29“The Beginning of Infinity” from David Deutsche.
Even if you are a die-hard pessimist it will open some cracks and plant seeds on your mind. Disguised as a physics book - not an easy read - this is a treaty on optimism.
Re: Ask HN: What is the most mind expanding book(s) you have read till date?
#30Does body expanding also count if you are a philosophical monist? ;) Overcoming Gravity 2 - buy this book and a pair of gymnastic rings and you are set for life in terms of fitness (...ok, you should also do squats and deadlifts with weights)
Haha. 9 out of 10 climbers make the same mistakes by Dave Macleod. Definitely expanded my climbing.