Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?

Very interesting recommendation. Is it a slog to get through? Or readable?

Amazing book. It's an extension of his earlier 'The Fabric of Reality'. There he makes the astonishing unambiguous claim (chapter 2) that 'Single particle interference experiments show us that the multiverse exists and that it contains many counterparts of each particle in the tangible universe'. No ifs or buts! I've been looking for an informed critique/discussion of this without success though it's easy to find plenty of general objections raised to the multiverse concept (Everett's 'many worlds') / interpretation of quantum physics. I guess I haven't looked hard enough.

Top 2 so far:

   * Washington: A life by Ron Chernow
   * The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won by Victor Davis Hanson

The Washington book is a very detailed by clear overview of his life. Easy to follow (even for complex situations) and very week written.

The WW2 book is amazing. Compares the countries fighting in around 20 different areas (technology, leadership, geography, aircraft) and says who is better and why.

Also very good:

   * FDR by Jean Edward Smith
   * Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
   * The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King
   * The years of Lyndon Johnson 2 – Means of Ascent by Robert Caro
   * Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan
   * Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys by Joe Coulombe
   * How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley
   * Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager
   * The years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power by Robert Caro
   * The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
   * Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson
   * An Economist walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk by Allison Schrager
   * The Devil’s Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood by Julie Salamon
   * Sam Walton: Made in America by Sam Walton

There's enough understanding that things need to be changed, now the doing is needed.

> because I become more aware each passing week of the blindspots in the HN community regarding the struggles and perspectives of women

That's presumptuous and plain insulting. I've no evidence many guys here on HN are keeping women down in any way - that needs verifying (though it may be true). I've personally seen too few women in tech but that's because they don't enter it in comparable numbers. I don't know why.

> The first is basically a memoir of the author in terms of her own experiences with assault and chronic illness

aaand welcome to my childhood (though at least it was non-sexual assault, just the old-fashioned variety). And here's a thing: you don't want to know how it really feels and you won't be able to because you need that experience, and it's a thing nobody should ever feel. You can't get any idea of how deep the damage goes by reading or even talking about it.

Also, I don't want you to know because I don't want anyone to be dragged down by it.

I don't like this comment because it uses words like 'powerful' and 'breath taking' as if it's a positive experience to read about it. This is what people say when they don't have a clue. To experience it is filth, destruction and a lifetime of mental illness. That's the reality of it.

Edit: just my perspective. Perhaps I'm being unreasonable but I can't tell, sorry.

I looooove these books