"The Multicultural Mystique," by H.E. Baber
"Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World," by Jack Weatherford
Both interesting, although in that "factual book designed for mass market consumption" bread-y kind of way.
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#192Finishing "Atlas Shrugged". While ideas and the spirit of the book have aged only slightly, the way of writing seems way too pretentious for our times. But overall the book is interesting. From historic and ideological point of view.
Consider reading the originals upon which she almost certainly based her ideas: Plato "The Republic" and Nietzsche "Human, All Too Human"
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#193Agile Web Development with Rails. I'm up to Chapter 11 or so, if I remember right. Took a break to solve some puzzles for something completely unrelated. Hopefully I can get back to a chapter a night.
After that, I'll probably crack open the Flex 3 Cookbook that Mike Potter sent over. I still feel awful about not having read through that one yet, as Flex 4 is almost ready to be released.
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#194* Practical Mathematics
* Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student
* Foundations of Arithmetic
* Emerson's Essays
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#195An introduction to probability - Vol I (William Feller) Introduction to dynamic systems - David Luenberger
How are you finding Feller?
I've been through Shiryaev and have very mixed feelings on that one.
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#196Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ayn Rand was able to name so much of what I've felt growing up. While she may have used the literary technique of exaggeration to heighten the contrast between her philosophical views of moral vs. immoral, I don't think she took it "too far" as others are commenting. I think that's like saying Philip K. Dick took the ideas of technological advances and psychic ability too far in his story, "Minority Report", or like…
I took her meritocratic stance seriously until I heard her defend inherited wealth, which is ridiculously inconsistent.
Her defense of inherited wealth amounted to the right of the creator of the wealth to dispose of it as he/she chooses. If he leaves it to his children, fine, if he gives it to a house for stray cats, fine,it's HIS choice because he earned it.
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#197Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations by Jerome Sattler http://www.amazon.com/Assessment-Children-Foundations-Jerome... Assessing Adolescent and Adult Intelligence, Third Edition by Alan S. Kaufman and Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger http://www.amazon.com/Assessing-Adolescent-Adult-Intelligenc... What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought by Keith Stanovich http://www.amazon.com/What-Intellig…
Do you know if baby size at birth is correlated to higher intelligence later in life? Also, what about the amount of hair a child is born with? Any correlation there?
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#198Contemplative Science by B. Alan Wallace. It's about stripping out the analytical tools of Buddhism for study of the mind and creating a robust and consistent tool set for scientific inquiry into the nature of the subjective mind. Very interesting stuff IMO.
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#199The Lost Continent, Bill Bryson.
An amazing book, very readable.
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#200Gang Leader for a Day Cracking the GRE Personal Development for Smart People The Ultimate Sales Machine Finding Your Zone: Ten Core Lessons for Achieving Peak Performance in Sports and Life Must-read-soon: Infinite Jest; Tribes; Influence; Made to Stick; Foundation Rails 2 There aren't enough hours in the day. I'm going to shift to a wake-up-at-6-am sleep schedule so I can become a more productive person and have mor…
Gang Leader for a Day --> Awesome Book!