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For an alternative experience, having read the book several times, I just finished the HPMOR podcast (audiobook):
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#72I just re-read Righteous Indignation by Andrew Breitbart -- Fascinating in retrospect as it accurately describes so much about the emergence of new media and what manifested itself in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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#73The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William Shirer. Many arguments about why and how are answered in that
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#741984, followed directly by Brave New World. Our world resembles a lot from each of these books. Much like in 1984, we have devices and companies constantly monitoring us (iOS, Android, Facebook, etc.), we have “news programs” and websites seemingly modeled after the “two minutes hate”, and we clearly have some Ministry of Truth-like misinformation getting spread around while accurate information gets lost or ignored. Much like in Brave New World, we have soma-like drugs, distractions and trivialities occupying people while they accept the world as it is and even shy away from wanting to change things. Really, we live in a world that blends together much of what was described in 1984 and Brave New World. Neither book predicted the future accurately, but together the picture these books painted is pretty damn accurate, and disturbing.
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#75Homo Deus - A Brief Bistory of Tomorrow
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#76The Dune series. The Lord of the Rings. All the Amber books, by Zelazny. Pretty much the same books I read every year or two.
I'm going to start re-reading the Steven Brust Vlad-series, in the near future. Mostly to anticipate his forthcoming novel.
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#77What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami. I'm on at least my third reading and imagine I'll read it again.
Also re-listened to Getting Things Done by David Allen. This could also be any number of times.
Sort-of related, currently re-watching Westworld. I burned through ten episodes in two sittings first time around and wanted to properly appreciate it this time at a more leisurely pace.
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#78The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life https://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Art-Not-Giving-Counterintuitiv...
I can not recommend enough Mark Manson work. Also, if you are into stoicism, you may love Ryan Holiday books too.
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#79Seveneves by Neal Stephenson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves
One of the few books, that when I'm finished, I just want to turn it over a start again.
Covers a wide range of important and relevant topics in technology, biology/genetics, ethics. My only problem is it is too short! Could easily have been a triology like the Baroque Cycle (another favorite) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle
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#80"Flash Boys" - Michael Lewis