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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 1, 2019 13:50:28 GMT -5
Please recommend some nonfiction books. I will DEFINITELY read one (or more) of your recommendations next month, as soon as I'm done with my current book.
Yes, I know I can do a Google or Goodreads search for nonfiction suggestions, but I want to know what you doofs recommend so that I can read YOUR recommendation.
Provide the title, author, and a quick summary.
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Post by mln59 on Apr 1, 2019 15:25:44 GMT -5
what aboot the literature thread?
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 1, 2019 15:37:07 GMT -5
what aboot the literature thread? I've never heard of this book.
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Post by mln59 on Apr 1, 2019 15:41:47 GMT -5
what aboot the literature thread? I've never heard of this book. fair enough. when i get home from work, i'll look at my books and find some nonfiction that i really like.
i will say that jung's answer to job was a fantastic read
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Post by mln59 on Apr 1, 2019 18:58:02 GMT -5
the great conspiracy trial: an essay on law, liberty and the constitution by jason epstein
about the chicago seven placed on trial for conspiracy after the 1968 riots at the democratic convention. not really an essay as it is over 400 pages but i couldn't put it down.
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Post by ironhammer on Apr 1, 2019 19:41:40 GMT -5
"Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup", an in-depth and engrossing tale on the Theranos scandal.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 1, 2019 19:50:44 GMT -5
I've never heard of this book. fair enough. when i get home from work, i'll look at my books and find some nonfiction that i really like. i will say that jung's answer to job was a fantastic read
Am I going to fall asleep in the middle of page 2?
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Post by volleylearner on Apr 1, 2019 20:02:06 GMT -5
Please recommend some nonfiction books. You are better off reading Amazon summaries than mine, but I tried to explain what I liked about the books. More recent (in no particular order): The Color of Law (Robinson) - great look at the legal history of our segregated culture in the U.S. Just Mercy (Stevenson) - fantastic though difficult stories about justice in parts of the U.S. Evicted (Desmond) - in the field look at trying to live on a low income (mostly about housing) Rise of the Robots (Ford) - scope and effects of automation, though not much on economic solutions The Power of Moments (Heath and Heath) - business/psychology book--I really liked the sections on Insight and Connection The Grid (Bakke) - US electrical grid history and some insights on where things might go from here. i-Minds (Swingle) - Mostly clinical look at impact of modern interactive (and addictive) technology Thinking, Fast and Slow (Kahneman) - lots of experimental data about how our brains work, biases, etc. Being Mortal (Gawande) - conceptual look at things like hospice, dementia, and what makes a good doctor Older classics: Sacred Hoops (Jackson) - "there's more to basketball than basketball" The Score Takes Care of Itself (Walsh) - "leadership is expertise"
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Post by mln59 on Apr 1, 2019 20:45:00 GMT -5
fair enough. when i get home from work, i'll look at my books and find some nonfiction that i really like. i will say that jung's answer to job was a fantastic read
Am I going to fall asleep in the middle of page 2? probably not. he's writing an exegesis on the book of job that turns into an psychoanalysis of yahweh which, in turn, becomes a discussion/explanation of the incarnation.
it's a metaphysical roller coaster.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 1, 2019 22:26:20 GMT -5
Please recommend some nonfiction books. You are better off reading Amazon summaries than mine, but I tried to explain what I liked about the books. More recent (in no particular order): The Color of Law (Robinson) - great look at the legal history of our segregated culture in the U.S. Just Mercy (Stevenson) - fantastic though difficult stories about justice in parts of the U.S. Evicted (Desmond) - in the field look at trying to live on a low income (mostly about housing) Rise of the Robots (Ford) - scope and effects of automation, though not much on economic solutions The Power of Moments (Heath and Heath) - business/psychology book--I really liked the sections on Insight and Connection The Grid (Bakke) - US electrical grid history and some insights on where things might go from here. i-Minds (Swingle) - Mostly clinical look at impact of modern interactive (and addictive) technology Thinking, Fast and Slow (Kahneman) - lots of experimental data about how our brains work, biases, etc. Being Mortal (Gawande) - conceptual look at things like hospice, dementia, and what makes a good doctor Older classics: Sacred Hoops (Jackson) - "there's more to basketball than basketball" The Score Takes Care of Itself (Walsh) - "leadership is expertise" I prefer YOUR (I.e., VT users’) summaries and assessment. They might offer insights not found in the “official” summaries.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 1, 2019 22:27:41 GMT -5
Am I going to fall asleep in the middle of page 2? probably not. he's writing an exegesis on the book of job that turns into an psychoanalysis of yahweh which, in turn, becomes a discussion/explanation of the incarnation. it's a metaphysical roller coaster.
You had me at “exegesis.”
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Post by Phaedrus on Apr 1, 2019 22:29:10 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow Thinking Fast and Slow. Daniel Kahneman Nobel Prize winning psychologist on our mind and our cognition. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misbehaving_(book)Misbehaving by Richard Thaler. This book tells the path that Thaler took to establish the field of behavioral economics while working with Kahneman and Tversky. press.princeton.edu/titles/11092.htmlThe Infidel and the Professor by D. Rasmussen On the friendship between David Hume and Adam Smith. Two brilliant philosopher who are lifelong friends. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_the_World_and_MeBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Riveting read, gut wrenching actually. It is his letter to his son and how he has to behave in order to stay alive as a black man in a white world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s_Search_for_MeaningMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Another gut-wrenching book about surviving the Nazi concentration camps and a very life affirming outlook which resulted from having to survive under the worst of conditions.
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Post by volleylearner on Apr 1, 2019 22:52:10 GMT -5
I prefer YOUR (I.e., VT users’) summaries and assessment. They might offer insights not found in the “official” summaries. So you might think, but I have a bad attitude about summaries. I remember a Cognitive Science prof I had who told the class the old joke about a student who was just sitting in a final exam not writing anything, so the prof asked what the problem was. The student said that based on the course material about Memory he had summarized all his course notes down to one double-sided page, then summarized that down to a single 3x5 card, then summarized that down to a single paragraph, and finally got it down to just one word ... but he had forgotten the word. The prof said that sounded like BS and the student's face brightened and he exclaimed "That's it! That's the word!" and began to write furiously. Besides, writing a good summary is a lot of work. I can elaborate more on the books I recommended but I don't have time to do a summary.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 2, 2019 11:48:02 GMT -5
I prefer YOUR (I.e., VT users’) summaries and assessment. They might offer insights not found in the “official” summaries. So you might think, but I have a bad attitude about summaries. I remember a Cognitive Science prof I had who told the class the old joke about a student who was just sitting in a final exam not writing anything, so the prof asked what the problem was. The student said that based on the course material about Memory he had summarized all his course notes down to one double-sided page, then summarized that down to a single 3x5 card, then summarized that down to a single paragraph, and finally got it down to just one word ... but he had forgotten the word. The prof said that sounded like BS and the student's face brightened and he exclaimed "That's it! That's the word!" and began to write furiously. Besides, writing a good summary is a lot of work. I can elaborate more on the books I recommended but I don't have time to do a summary. What a whiner.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 2, 2019 15:56:50 GMT -5
Please continue to make more recommendations.
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