Tag: Books
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2024 in Books
STATS: 44 books33 Audiobooks11 Kindle books3 unfinished books2.3x listening speed0 Chinese booksE in Diversity score (7 Female Authors) CATEGORIES: Business & Money – 11Biographies & Memoirs – 9Science & Math – 6Politics & Social Sciences – 6Self-Help – 5Literature & Fiction – 3History – 2Christian Books & Bibles – 1 Awards: Most Enjoyable:Disrupting the Game:…
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13 Attitudes From “Meditations For Mortals”
13 attitudes from, yep, you guessed it, ChatGPT, based on the notes I took from Oliver Burkeman’s wonderful book “Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts.” Short Guide Based on Your Notes: Finding Purpose in Midlife
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The Joy of Modern-Day Reading
I’m currently reading two books: Nexus by Harari and Meditation For Mortals by Burkeman. I’m enjoying both. They help me figure out how to live my life. I first came across Harari not because of his book Sapiens but because Harari was a serious meditation practitioner. And when I learned about his book, I didn’t…
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48 Laws Of Power: Lead us not into temptation.
I am reading The 48 Laws of Power. I’ve always found it intriguing but avoided it because I thought its teachings were immoral. I worried that I might be tempted to use these tactics for selfish reasons and bad deeds, and that I might end up making deals with the devil. After almost five years…
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Does Musk Know He Is Fucked Up? Wrong Question.
My wife noted, “The worst part is that Musk is unaware of the magnitude of his problems.” I don’t think his problem is a lack of awareness. The biggest problem is that he genuinely doesn’t think there are better solutions. In the latest book on Musk by Issacson, Musk acknowledged his situation multiple times. He…
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2022 in Books
STATS: 22 books15 Audiobooks1 Kindle books6 Real books4 unfinished books2x: The speed I listened to audiobooksF: Diversity Score THEMES: Our world, China, Past, Present, FutureStories Of (mostly) Famous PeopleLiving, DyingManga & ComicsBusinessWriters writing about writing BOOK OF THE YEAR: Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand by John Markoff LESSONS OF THE YEAR: Your…
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Understanding Comics
I finished the book “Understanding Comics” by Scott McCloud. It was written in the mid 90s. I already miss the book. The author helped me understand why I felt the way I felt while reading comics- how time transpired, how emotions manifested, how actions were imagined …. He also contrasted the comics between the east…
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「豐子愷漫畫書選繹」讀後感
過往九個多月，每朝晨光乍現前，都會利用泡咖啡的數分鐘，細讀明川先生著作的「豐子愷漫畫書選繹」。 這本書是明川先生在七十年代中編寫的。而我讀的這個版本，是從二手書店裏撿回來的九十年代的修訂本。雖然在肺炎疫情期間無法外遊，但我透過此書，在過去九個多月，完成了一個八十多年的時光旅行： 三十年代老人對童真的愛慕。二戰時代兒童騎天馬與轟炸機共舞。七十年代文人對中華一瀉千里的眷戀。九十年代港人，在金碧輝煌的盛世的片刻，驀然回首，撈摸成長的傷麟。 「會不會？有人在公務之餘，春秋歲月裏，偶爾在風中月下踱一回方步？」 會不會？
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How to Be Responsible – Ray Dalio’s New Book
Ray Dalio’s new book, “The Changing World Order,” is coming out soon. He made a few chapters available for public viewing. I never liked his writing style but the content was great. In 2021, I want to feel that “I am being responsible” more often. Reading those few chapters of Dalio’s book gave me new…
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Realization from Scaling Up, the 📚
I finished the Scaling Up book. It was very underwhelming. I figured out why. I was lucky I experienced most of what the book was explaining at Apple and Nike. I disliked many of the “scaled up” things, and so as I read through the Scaling Up book I could not stop thinking, “it takes…