Why isn't there a Tracey Alloway recommendation filter - I'm pretty sure she reads plenty as well?
Every book recommended on the Odd Lots Discord
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#52It recommends Consider Phlebas over any of the other Iain M Banks Culture books - surely thats not right
Here I nervously point out that it's my favourite of his books - and I have read just about all of them, certainly all the Culture novels.
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#53If you enjoy the podcast or the newsletters, I do recommend the Discord ( https://discord.gg/oddlots ) - the folks there are generally very smart and it is a great place to discuss everything from the economy to climate to transportation to defense.
Very smart people on discord sounds like an oxymoron: why would anyone very smart contribute to the siloization of knowledge and support grow a corporate entity possessing highly questionable incentives? Discord is not a great place to discuss anything of substance. If that's not clear to some now, it will be once monetization kicks in and the inevitable blowup and loss of accumulated knowledge follows.
> why would anyone very smart contribute to the siloization of knowledge and support grow a corporate entity possessing highly questionable incentives
Some smart people aren't as concerned with knowledge siloization as other smart people. I'm sure if you went to their Discord and suggested an alternative platform with the same popularity and feature set they'd at least hear you out.
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#54How did you acquire the rights to display all these book covers?
Got downvoted as expected, but I'm not trolling: book covers, just like the books themselves, are covered by copyright. I think the website looks really cool - but you cannot just use third-party material without permission. I know with AI companies crawling everything under the sun as training data, the idea of copyrighted material has kind of fallen out of fashion, but I think I've asked a valid question.
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#55By the way, one of the best financial podcastst
I always preferred money stuff. I feel like the hosts have better chemistry and matt levine is one of the most read/respected financial journalists in the last 20 years. I always look forward to it coming out on a Friday.
Re: Every book recommended on the Odd Lots Discord
#56If you enjoy the podcast or the newsletters, I do recommend the Discord ( https://discord.gg/oddlots ) - the folks there are generally very smart and it is a great place to discuss everything from the economy to climate to transportation to defense.
Very smart people on discord sounds like an oxymoron: why would anyone very smart contribute to the siloization of knowledge and support grow a corporate entity possessing highly questionable incentives? Discord is not a great place to discuss anything of substance. If that's not clear to some now, it will be once monetization kicks in and the inevitable blowup and loss of accumulated knowledge follows.
I suppose smart people can’t optimize for pure discussion? One of the most popular and easy to use messaging platforms seems like a reasonable choice.
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#57Love the podcast! But this seems just way too broad, basically what I would see in a curated local book store that I have anyway. Maybe this was the intention, but seeing all those books without the context why they were originally recommended on the discord doesn't seem to add a lot of value.
The collection is indeed just an unfocused list of recent American entertainment/mass-market non-fiction.
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#58How did you acquire the rights to display all these book covers?
Got downvoted as expected, but I'm not trolling: book covers, just like the books themselves, are covered by copyright. I think the website looks really cool - but you cannot just use third-party material without permission. I know with AI companies crawling everything under the sun as training data, the idea of copyrighted material has kind of fallen out of fashion, but I think I've asked a valid question.
In the US, this use would be covered by the fair-use provisions of copyright law. You don't need permission to show a cover when writing a review of a book.
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#59Glad that Moby Dick is in there.
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#60By the way, one of the best financial podcastst
I always preferred money stuff. I feel like the hosts have better chemistry and matt levine is one of the most read/respected financial journalists in the last 20 years. I always look forward to it coming out on a Friday.
I agree with your points about the tone. Money Stuff is definitely more "fun".
I find the content differs between the two, not just the presentation. Odd Lots goes into the broad scale (national, global) backstory a lot more; Money Stuff dives deep into specific businesses, people, or the technical details of a trade. Maybe your circumstances and habits mean you get more from one than the other?
I wish Bloomberg would find presenters for UK or European centric versions of both shows.