YC's Winter Reading List
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YC's Winter Reading List
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#2I'll second "A Guide To The Good Life", and would like to suggest "What's The Matter With Kansas" by Thomas Frank as a companion piece to "Strangers In Their Own Land."
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#3I'll second "A Guide To The Good Life", and would like to suggest "What's The Matter With Kansas" by Thomas Frank as a companion piece to "Strangers In Their Own Land."
"Art of Living" (Epictetus) is another great introduction to stoicism. Highly recommended.
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#4If you like "The Rent is Too Damn High" and really want to dig in, I've been reading this:
Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation - http://amzn.to/2gZQtqg
It's pretty dry, but very thorough.
Some groups that are good for people who want to get into this stuff more:
It's an area where people can really make a difference: I've managed to chat with a couple of city councilors and our state representative here in Bend, and recently kicked off https://bendyimby.com/
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#5I'll second "A Guide To The Good Life", and would like to suggest "What's The Matter With Kansas" by Thomas Frank as a companion piece to "Strangers In Their Own Land."
"Art of Living" (Epictetus) is another great introduction to stoicism. Highly recommended.
Here is a great primer on stoicism: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/comments/3a2bl4/stoicism...
I love the practice of stoicism, but I cannot do the negative visualization. It just gives me anxiety!
This is a great booklist. Thanks YC.
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#6Flagged, as there is clearly political content here that doesn't comport with new Hacker News rules.
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#7For a "Winter Reading List", there is a ton of titles. I'll be lucky if I get to 5 books in the next few months. Can someone recommend a top 5 from this list?
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#8Flagged, as there is clearly political content here that doesn't comport with new Hacker News rules.
Exactly. Shameful attempt to smuggle politics onto a tech site.
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#9Flagged, as there is clearly political content here that doesn't comport with new Hacker News rules.
> If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.
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#10Flagged, as there is clearly political content here that doesn't comport with new Hacker News rules.
"new Hacker News rules"
I think this should read: current weeklong experimental policy on Hacker News.
I also don't feel like this list of books justifies getting flagged, even during this reprieve from political discussion. If loads of comments start flaming, maybe then. But right now it is just a list of suggested books to read.