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nicbou 28 minutes ago [-]
Invisible Women
If you liked Freakonomics, you will like this. It's not a rant, just one example after another of how we fail to account for half of the population.
I just finished The God of Small Things. The writing is phenomenal, but it was not quite my kind of book, so it took me a bit of effort to finish.
h4ch1 16 hours ago [-]
Catastrophe 1914 - Max Hastings : Great book about what triggered WW1, the state of the world at that time. Just a great read in general.
The Seven Military Classics Of Ancient China : Sun Tzu isn't the only military strategist on the block.
Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: I make sure to study at least one university/high school textbook on any subject that I find interesting.
Also, not reading but watching Professor Jiang Xueqin's lectures [0] has been pivotal towards helping me find new avenues to research and understand geopolitics .
You might enjoy Dr Sarah Payne's lectures on YouTube.
abmmgb 20 hours ago [-]
Open by Andre Agassi. Intriguing to read on the struggles of a tennis legend which were concealed at the time. He provides great detail and insights. It is a great follow up from 'The inner game of tennis', speaking of how athletes, and anyone else really, can find punching themselves down through negative mindset which if overcome can unlock your true potential.
chistev 5 hours ago [-]
Just finished The Road, would definitely recommend.
masterj122517 11 hours ago [-]
I’ve been reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy lately. It’s a brilliant read—pure fuel for my sci-fi-loving brain.
ofalkaed 19 hours ago [-]
I finally started reading The Book of Disquiet, which I have had sitting about for years. Quite surprised by it, has a far greater range than people make it out to have and some amazing humor. It is turning out to be one of the most fascinating books I have read.
nodra 14 hours ago [-]
Reading Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic by Ilan Pappe. Learning quite a bit on a subject I didn’t know much about.
habitmaxer 14 hours ago [-]
I use Claude Opus to rip thru books. It points out the fluff paragraphs so I skip them. Finished stuff I prob never would've touched: Slaughterhouse Five, The Three-Body Problem. I make quick Anki cards from the Opus reading sessions so I don't forget plot bits. I try to get Opus to quiz me on the sections it told me to focus on reading.
level87 10 hours ago [-]
I can't tell if you are joking...
chistev 9 hours ago [-]
They aren't. Lol
level87 7 hours ago [-]
All these new accounts are so confusing, two comments all about how great Claude is...
diehunde 16 hours ago [-]
I started reading the second edition of Designing data-intensive applications. I believe only the digital edition is out right now.
habitmaxer 14 hours ago [-]
Liked the first edition, but there’s a lot of fluff. These days I have Claude remove the useless passages from stuff I want to read fast. Helps to make flash cards to drill for system design rounds.
yodsanklai 15 hours ago [-]
oh cool, i didn't know there was a second edition!
If you liked Freakonomics, you will like this. It's not a rant, just one example after another of how we fail to account for half of the population.
I just finished The God of Small Things. The writing is phenomenal, but it was not quite my kind of book, so it took me a bit of effort to finish.
The Seven Military Classics Of Ancient China : Sun Tzu isn't the only military strategist on the block.
Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: I make sure to study at least one university/high school textbook on any subject that I find interesting.
Also, not reading but watching Professor Jiang Xueqin's lectures [0] has been pivotal towards helping me find new avenues to research and understand geopolitics .
[0] https://www.youtube.com/@PredictiveHistory
"Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget."
Wrote about it on my blog (don't open until you're done with it!"
https://www.rxjourney.net/list-of-books-i-finished-reading-i...