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Re: Show HN: Reddit’s favorite learning books, from 3.5B comments

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Post by notheguyouthink »

As an aside, on this topic - are there any amazing books that grow your mind / life (power of habit, learning new things, whatever you think fits my sentence) in audiobook form?

I've been wanting to use my commute time for personal growth, but a lot of books don't lend themselves to audiobook forms. Thoughts?

Re: Show HN: Reddit’s favorite learning books, from 3.5B comments

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Post by Multicomp »

notheguyouthink wrote: post #2

As an aside, on this topic - are there any amazing books that grow your mind / life (power of habit, learning new things, whatever you think fits my sentence) in audiobook form ? I've been wanting to use my commute time for personal growth, but a lot of books don't lend themselves to audiobook forms. Thoughts?

Right behind you. If I'm going to burn 45 minutes a day, at least I could be listening to something that will up my knowledge.

Re: Show HN: Reddit’s favorite learning books, from 3.5B comments

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Post by ideonode »

Multicomp wrote: post #6
notheguyouthink wrote: post #2

As an aside, on this topic - are there any amazing books that grow your mind / life (power of habit, learning new things, whatever you think fits my sentence) in audiobook form ? I've been wanting to use my commute time for personal growth, but a lot of books don't lend themselves to audiobook forms. Thoughts?

Right behind you. If I'm going to burn 45 minutes a day, at least I could be listening to something that will up my knowledge.

For 45 minutes a day, I'd recommend the BBC In Our Time podcast, hosted by Melvyn Bragg. Each week, academics talk about a particular topic from the world of science, history, philosophy etc. It's unashamedly high-brow. There's a huge back catalogue as well.

Re: Show HN: Reddit’s favorite learning books, from 3.5B comments

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Post by truffle_pig »

nestorherre wrote: post #5

OP, if you are the developer of the page, can you make it that users can select the number of books to be displayed on each topic? That would be pretty useful.

Hey yep I'm the developer. What's your use case for this feature? Is it just overwhelming with too many books?

Re: Show HN: Reddit’s favorite learning books, from 3.5B comments

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Post by bberrry »

ideonode wrote: post #7
Multicomp wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right behind you. If I'm going to burn 45 minutes a day, at least I could be listening to something that will up my knowledge.

For 45 minutes a day, I'd recommend the BBC In Our Time podcast, hosted by Melvyn Bragg. Each week, academics talk about a particular topic from the world of science, history, philosophy etc. It's unashamedly high-brow. There's a huge back catalogue as well.

Thanks, looks great!
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