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therobot24 wrote: post #2

- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon by Valley John Carreyrou - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep by Matthew Walker - The Magicians by Lev Grossman - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight - How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling - Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - Deep Work by Cal Newport - Homo De…

The third book is completely different from his results. In the article the third most recommend book is actually "Magi: Uncovering the Secret Society That Read the Birth of Jesus in the Stars Paperback – September 1, 2002 by Adrian Gilbert"

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therobot24 wrote: post #2

- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon by Valley John Carreyrou - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep by Matthew Walker - The Magicians by Lev Grossman - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight - How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling - Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - Deep Work by Cal Newport - Homo De…

Always puzzled with tech worker’s constant need for self help books. Go read history or a novel every now and then!

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Post by Ibethewalrus »

therobot24 wrote: post #2

- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon by Valley John Carreyrou - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep by Matthew Walker - The Magicians by Lev Grossman - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight - How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling - Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - Deep Work by Cal Newport - Homo De…

by Cormac Mccarthy, check the road or no country

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Post by howard941 »

therobot24 wrote: post #2

- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon by Valley John Carreyrou - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep by Matthew Walker - The Magicians by Lev Grossman - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight - How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling - Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - Deep Work by Cal Newport - Homo De…

The City & the City by China Mieville

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Post by smnrchrds »

swsieber wrote: post #15
therobot24 wrote: post #2

- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon by Valley John Carreyrou - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep by Matthew Walker - The Magicians by Lev Grossman - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight - How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling - Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - Deep Work by Cal Newport - Homo De…

It depends on on what type of fiction you like. If you're into fantasy with hard magic systems[0], I highly recommend anything by Brandon Sanderson. The narrators for the Mistborn and Stormlight Archives are pretty good. I can also heartily recommend the first 5 or so Artemis Fowl books. They also have a great narrator. [0] A hard magic is very understandable by the reader and can be used to resolve conflicts. Person…

I have read the first 4 Artemis Fowl books. Does the quality drop after the fifth one?

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Post by twoquestions »

sotojuan wrote: post #23
therobot24 wrote: post #2

- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon by Valley John Carreyrou - Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep by Matthew Walker - The Magicians by Lev Grossman - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight - How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling - Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - Deep Work by Cal Newport - Homo De…

Always puzzled with tech worker’s constant need for self help books. Go read history or a novel every now and then!

Time reading novels (or doing anything else for fun) is time not spent improving, which in this all-against-all knife fight world is foolish.

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Post by monadgonad »

twoquestions wrote: post #27
sotojuan wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Always puzzled with tech worker’s constant need for self help books. Go read history or a novel every now and then!

Time reading novels (or doing anything else for fun) is time not spent improving, which in this all-against-all knife fight world is foolish.

HN being what it is, I can't tell if this is intended as satire.

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Post by faceplanted »

gallerdude wrote: post #16

Rediscovering nonfiction a few years ago was really cool, but unfortunately I think I’m out of books. I’ve noticed nowadays that most non-fiction books are basically “pop non-fiction,” is high basically entail a giant collection of studies and anecdotal stories all around a central theme, in easy to read language. There’s nothing wrong with this, just they don’t do a lot of synthesis of their own. The problem is, the…

I wouldn't call 12 Rules particularly "deep" in content, it's mostly anecdotal stories, bible quotes, and Christian Conservatism.

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Post by swsieber »

smnrchrds wrote: post #26
swsieber wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It depends on on what type of fiction you like. If you're into fantasy with hard magic systems[0], I highly recommend anything by Brandon Sanderson. The narrators for the Mistborn and Stormlight Archives are pretty good. I can also heartily recommend the first 5 or so Artemis Fowl books. They also have a great narrator. [0] A hard magic is very understandable by the reader and can be used to resolve conflicts. Person…

I have read the first 4 Artemis Fowl books. Does the quality drop after the fifth one?

I think the books are all pretty good, but the narrator of the books changes at some point for the audio books. The first several ones have a stellar narrator.
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