What books are you all reading this weekend? Any topic counts!
The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Etienne La Boite
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This is a must for all bitcoiners
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The Market for Liberty.
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Love to see it
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Tesla: Man Out of Time The Three-Body Problem
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Migrations and Cultures by Thomas Sowell
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What's this one about?
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He wrote a trilogy of books about the history of mankind - everything that got us to where we are now (at least the 1990's when this book was published). They read a bit like a textbook, but he tells the history in a way that makes it a page turner. Migrations and Cultures shows how and why cultures developed in different parts of the world and how and why some cultures spread while others stayed contained in one area. He gets into geography, language, interactions between cultures, the rise of nations ... I read it as an adventure story because he does such a good job of making the "journey" so interesting.
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That sounds awesome. I've read snatches of Sowell but he's so prolific it's hard to know what a good strategy of approach would be. That trilogy sounds pretty badass.
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The first book was Race and Culture. Migration and Cultures was second. Conquests and Cultures was third. Thomas Sowell was quite prolific. He has plenty of other books that are so well written that it is hard to understand why others do not mimic his style. Walter Williams did a top notch job writing about similar subjects. Note - Sowell is still alive but is retired. I see him on youtube frequently, but I do not know if he is presenting anything new.
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"Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith
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"Speech" from M. K. Ataturk. Story of building a new nation from its ashes. 29th of October is 100th anniversary of the Turkish republic. You will see a metamorphosis in this book.
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<Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley and David Kelley>
Iā€™m passionate about books but often read them half-way. But I finished this book this week because my EL department was scheduled to organise an Escape Room activity for our students. Suddenly, I got fired up and completed reading it.
Tbh, I think of myself as a creative person. So I donā€™t know what else I can do to accentuate my creativity #humblebrag. But ofc Iā€™m lacking in various ways, which ā€œCreative Confidenceā€ has helped surface.
I think the most impressionable point is to use drawing as a way to express creativity. Itā€™s something I know I suck at but am just not concerned about to get down at it - not even when primary school children laughed uncontrollably at my heartbreakingly childish drawings. But maybe, just maybe I should resolve to learn drawing by using lines and shapes. For one, maybe I can evolve as a presenter by calling upon the audience to activate ā€œthe theatre of their mindā€ and spinning circles in the air to illustrate a point. Honestly, Iā€™m concerned about how dementia is afflicting many older Singaporeans nowadays. Drawing is a sure way to build and consolidate new neural networks in my brain.
Another idea I like is to make a prototype video. Yesterday, I came across this website (http://kapwing.com/) that can convert the text you generate on ChatGPT to a video. This is a sign from the Universe that I should go make a video as part of my portfolio.
Aside from these two takeaways, the phrase ā€œreverse mentorā€leapt off the page and into my consciousness. Since the phrase I took away from the last book I read was ā€œcommunity leaderā€, I thought it was a very nice and natural progression of identity: community leader -> thought leader -> reverse mentor. Not sure if I want to be the gregarious social butterfly who is friends with everyone at work but the idea of telling my superiors what they should do oddly appeals to me. It gives me a reason to build on my arsenal of unorthodox and refreshing perspectives.
As a bonus, I found another phrase that explains what I find lacking in my organisation of my schoolā€™s Spelling Bee: creating infectious action. I believe some teens did learn emotive words but thatā€™s about it.
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Radical - Maajid Nawaz
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I enjoyed this one. It gave me a whole new perspective on the middle east. Fascinating story.
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The Fragile thread of Power - V.E SchWab
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Broken Money by Lyn. I'm weird where I juggle a few different books at the same time, so I'm also reading A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell.
Trying to get a better grasp on why people see the world so differently rather than hyperfixate on the what and how.
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  1. First time reading it
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I can't believe that. That was a must read book for so many years... Then continue with this one and you will understand the world we are living it: Propaganda - by Ed Bernays
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1984 is one of my favourite books. Will check Propaganda out
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1984 is the communism presented for western worlds... BNW is the communism presented to the eastern worlds...
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Operation Trojan Horse
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The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy - by Dani Rodrik
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Kevin Hart - Monsters and How to Tame Them. Jam packed with deep & hilarious "nuggets" of wisdom. Simultaneously. Most people don't take comedians seriously but there is a lot to learn from Kevin. I'm grateful he shared his wisdom & life experience with us. https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Monsters-How-Tame-Them/dp/B09M1WPSQ1
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The basics law of human stupidity - here is the link to download it. Is a very short book but worth it 100%
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The Bible.
Wild stories in this book
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It's all fake.
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I heard "the culture series" mentioned enough times to finally try it. 1/2 way through second and just ordered the third. Seems like something that gets better the more you get into it
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