I am reading the Dark Tower series. I have been meaning to read it for a long time, and with the upcoming movie I figured I should read it before someone spoils it for me :)
I'm reading a few. The Power Broker (really good, but really long). The dictators handbook (good, but repetitive). Deep thinking (easy and enjoyable if you're interested in AI). Investment Science (very good if you're interested in math finance).
Deep Thinking really sounds fun! I agree, The Dictator's Handbook is really good, but sometimes really repetitive and it takes a bit of dedication to finish it.
As for my current one, I'm really enjoying Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others.
Yes! It actually has a bunch of really deep math hiding in plan sight (they have a chapter where they reinvent RL but call it dynamic portfolio optimization, and when they axiomize risk they are really talking about special measures)
If Our Bodies Could Talk by James Hamblin. There was a passage from his book hosted on The Atlantic that got to the front page of HN. It went over a crash course on sleep.
The book only has a small passage on the topic. Instead, the book goes over random topics from STDs to popping zits with the same depth that his sleep article followed. I started reading it, but gave the audiobook version a try. The author makes the book even better and would recommend that form instead.
Aliens: The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life edited by Jim Al-Khalili. It's a nice overview of various topics including the origins of life on earth. I think I'll look for some of the books and studies mentioned by various authors as follow up.
Empire of Cotton. It's a story about the development of the international cotton trade, which was the specific environment within which many of the state and capitalist institutions we now live with were originally developed. It's a whirlwind of history about international relations, domestic relations, labor, and the development of the wage system. Slightly pedantic, but an eye-opening read.
The Name Of The Wind. I bought this because it was the #1 selling book in Borderlands Books last month (I always swing by that bookstore when I'm in San Francisco). Entertaining read, good world-building.
Linux: What Every Superuser Should Know. A No Starch Press book about Linux. It weaves a rich tapestry out of disparate knowledge I already had.
I've just recently become fascinated with Stoicism after reading the Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck!
I've since read through Meditations, Letters from a Stoic and The Art of Living, and am really enjoying The Daily Stoic every morning before work. r/stoicism is also great.
Do you have any other books/resources you recommend on the subject?
I had enjoyed Sundiver and Startide Rising from the same series quite a bit, but I have to be honest, this one is trying my patience. I like the whole uplift concept, but I'm finding the writing in this one a bit clumsy.
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson).
It's a cursory overview of all of history (title) from the dawn of time to the evolution of humans. It seems to be only slightly dated in some information, but really interesting to learn how the knowledge we assume is true today came to fruition over time.
Before that,
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Ben R. Rich)
Such an awesome book about not only the engineering feats achieved by Lockheed Martin during the Cold War Era, but the incredible ability to keep developments secret from the mostly everyone. If you want to know more about the purpose of Area51, check it out.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 69.7 ms ] thread- The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
https://youtu.be/sQKrt1-IDaE
- The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals - Michael Pollan
Either I'm more of a nerd than I thought, or this is actually pretty well written. I'm really enjoying it.
Review: http://www.npr.org/2016/08/31/490101821/the-nix-is-a-vicious...
As for my current one, I'm really enjoying Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others.
Moral Boundaries -- Joan Tronso
Known and Strange Things -- Teju Cole
The Feeling of What Happens -- Antonio Damasio
The Promise of Hope: New and Selected Poems -- Kofi Awoonor
And I just started Neil Gaiman's "Sandman".
The book only has a small passage on the topic. Instead, the book goes over random topics from STDs to popping zits with the same depth that his sleep article followed. I started reading it, but gave the audiobook version a try. The author makes the book even better and would recommend that form instead.
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World -- Gary Vaynerchuk (ISBN: 978-0062273062)
- Dies the Fire (S. M. Stirling)
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley)
- Give Me a Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea (Tim McGrath)
The Name Of The Wind. I bought this because it was the #1 selling book in Borderlands Books last month (I always swing by that bookstore when I'm in San Francisco). Entertaining read, good world-building.
Linux: What Every Superuser Should Know. A No Starch Press book about Linux. It weaves a rich tapestry out of disparate knowledge I already had.
So far it's really good.
I've since read through Meditations, Letters from a Stoic and The Art of Living, and am really enjoying The Daily Stoic every morning before work. r/stoicism is also great.
Do you have any other books/resources you recommend on the subject?
I had enjoyed Sundiver and Startide Rising from the same series quite a bit, but I have to be honest, this one is trying my patience. I like the whole uplift concept, but I'm finding the writing in this one a bit clumsy.
It's a cursory overview of all of history (title) from the dawn of time to the evolution of humans. It seems to be only slightly dated in some information, but really interesting to learn how the knowledge we assume is true today came to fruition over time.
Before that,
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Ben R. Rich)
Such an awesome book about not only the engineering feats achieved by Lockheed Martin during the Cold War Era, but the incredible ability to keep developments secret from the mostly everyone. If you want to know more about the purpose of Area51, check it out.