Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2022?

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Post by th33ngineer » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 5:51 PM UTC

Is there a book, paper, report or article etc. that really stood out?

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Post by 0x008 » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 6:03 PM UTC

Everything’s on Andrej Karpathy‘s blog.

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Post by PuppyTailWags » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 6:14 PM UTC

Rabbit Test by Samantha Mills [0] is the heavily researched, hard sci-fi that retains its close intimacy on the impact on regular people that I think science fiction should be going towards. It's realistic, heavy-hitting, and doesn't bullshit on the politics involved.

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/rabbit-test/

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Post by BasilPH » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 6:14 PM UTC

Reading it right now, but I already think it's the test thing: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

I was (and still am) obsessed with productivity. But I more and more my tasks had felt like something I needed to get done, to afterwards finally be able to relax and profit from them. But this time never came and I just got busier.

The book does a great job at explaining how much of our daily grind is based on a refusal to accept our finitude. And once we accept our finitude, we can get a lot more done in a happier way.

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Post by gvedem » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 6:15 PM UTC

Reincarnation Blues, by Michael Poore. Takes on some serious stuff but never takes itself too seriously.

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Post by flobosg » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

Related, from a few weeks ago: Ask HN: Best books read in 2022? – https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33849267

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Post by raptor556 » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

"The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee.

If anyone can recommended some other "beginner" books for learning genetics I would really appreciate it.

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Post by pokstad » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 6:18 PM UTC

Three Body Problem trilogy. Most unique sci-fi I have ever read.

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Post by arawde » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 6:19 PM UTC

Here's a few:

* Matthew Klein & Michael Pettis - Trade Wars Are Class Wars

* Bruno Latour - We Have Never Been Modern

* Thomas Kuhn - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (had never read it before, probably book of the year for me)

and of course, Matt Levine's Money Stuff, which is good every year!

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Post by coldpie » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 6:19 PM UTC

I subscribe to Asimov's bi-monthly (6/year) sci-fi short story magazine and there's always one or two stories that really stand out every issue. It's always a treat when a new one turns up in the mailbox. https://www.asimovs.com/