the primacy of doubt by Tim palmer (2023)
Do you have a favorite book about complex adaptive systems?
Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?
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Re: Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?
#72"Empire of the Summer Moon" https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Summer-Moon-Comanches-Powerful... This would make an epic miniseries!
It is an Apple movie coming out shortly with Leonardo DiCaprio, or am I mistaken?
The new movie you're thinking of is based on Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Re: Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?
#73"Fatherland" by Robert Harris, 1992. Alternative history detective novel set in a universe in which Nazi Germany won World War II. "Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. I re-read this every 4-5 years just to enjoy the discussions about quality and why it matters.
I see recommendation of that motorcycle book too often for some book about something I am not interesting about, what is interesting in it for non-motorcycle person?
> for some book about something I am not interesting about
It is not about motorcycles. You could read the title instead as about maintenance.
If a mountain leads an author to think about height, the book may not be about alpinism.
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#74Diaspora [0] by Greg Egan. A fun dive into post-human civilization published in late ‘90s. Great read if you like hard sci-fi.
Tao of Wu [1] by RZA. Because, perspective.
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#75David Bohm's - Thought as a System - On Dialogue These are great books for removing mental fog, confusion, about the nature of our existence. They have great healing value, allowing us to integrate the world around and within us. They can also help in dealing with practical challenges in how we run organisations, develop teams, and in general help people cooperate together. It is a kind of "red pill" to enter the mat…
What practical lessons did you take from these books?
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#76I am currently going through the book about Oppenheimer, the one they based the movie on (https://www.amazon.in/American-Prometheus-Triumph-Tragedy-Op...). I am listening to via Audible and it really gives some fascinating insight into the troubled man's life, much more than the movie did.
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#77Double Cross is the story of how the British turned, relied on and managed German double agents through World War Two.
Not spoiling anything when I say that reading about one person running a fictitious group of spies across the UK from a flat in London, feeding thousands of pages of fake intelligence to the Germans amazes me. The creativity and mental capacity to stay on top of all those lies is astounding.
Oh and Expeditionary Force for some fun, slightly thought provoking space opera sci fi, first book is on Audible Plus so you can get into it without using a credit.
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#78The Plains - Gerald Murnane [1] -- liked it a lot, poetic, sad and thought-provoking
Tokyo Express - Seicho Matsumoto [2] -- very japanese crime story, liked it
And my absolute delight:
50 Years of Text Games - Aaron A. Reed [3] -- I am just a sucker for everything text game/hypertext/interactive fiction. This book is amazing.
[1] https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1593668
[2] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38588764-tokyo-express
[3] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aaronareed/50-years-of-...
Re: Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?
#79Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss, on negotiation tactics. Much better than "Getting to Yes".
The Genius of The Few by Christian and Barbara Joy O'Brien, an alternative take for garden of eden and Anunnaki compared to Sitchin
Built To Sell by John Warrillow, on how to build a business you can exit with a profit.
I read 30+ books in the last and this year so there are others but three is enough for this list.
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#80Too Perfect: When Being in Control Gets Out of Control (1992) by Allan Mallinger
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It (1985) by Michael E. Gerber