What books are you all reading this weekend? Any topic counts!
245 sats \ 1 reply \ @mf 21 Oct 2023
The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude
by Etienne La Boite
https://cdn.mises.org/styles/slideshow/s3/static-page/img/Politics%20of%20Obedience_Boetie.jpg?itok=v2hN3BzI
https://mises.org/library/politics-obedience-discourse-voluntary-servitude
reply
122 sats \ 0 replies \ @purpurato 22 Oct 2023
This is a must for all bitcoiners
reply
146 sats \ 1 reply \ @emmanuelrosa 21 Oct 2023
The Market for Liberty.
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 22 Oct 2023
Love to see it
reply
102 sats \ 0 replies \ @nikotsla 21 Oct 2023
Tesla: Man Out of Time
The Three-Body Problem
reply
265 sats \ 4 replies \ @Actuary 21 Oct 2023
Migrations and Cultures by Thomas Sowell
reply
0 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 22 Oct 2023
What's this one about?
reply
336 sats \ 2 replies \ @Actuary 22 Oct 2023
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.
reply
46 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 22 Oct 2023
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.
reply
138 sats \ 0 replies \ @Actuary 22 Oct 2023
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.
reply
114 sats \ 0 replies \ @lightwalker 21 Oct 2023
"Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith
reply
113 sats \ 0 replies \ @oraltosun 21 Oct 2023
"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.
reply
230 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 22 Oct 2023
<Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley and David Kelley>
Iām 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 donāt know what else I can do to accentuate my creativity #humblebrag. But ofc Iām lacking in various ways, which āCreative Confidenceā has helped surface.
I think the most impressionable point is to use drawing as a way to express creativity. Itās 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 āthe theatre of their mindā and spinning circles in the air to illustrate a point. Honestly, Iām 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 āreverse mentorāleapt off the page and into my consciousness. Since the phrase I took away from the last book I read was ācommunity 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 schoolās Spelling Bee: creating infectious action. I believe some teens did learn emotive words but thatās about it.
reply
102 sats \ 1 reply \ @2bithits 21 Oct 2023
Radical - Maajid Nawaz
reply
46 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 21 Oct 2023
I enjoyed this one. It gave me a whole new perspective on the middle east. Fascinating story.
reply
141 sats \ 0 replies \ @fred 22 Oct 2023
The Fragile thread of Power - V.E SchWab
reply
138 sats \ 0 replies \ @gabybaby 21 Oct 2023
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.
reply
98 sats \ 6 replies \ @nout 21 Oct 2023
- First time reading it
reply
108 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin 21 Oct 2023
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
reply
194 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 22 Oct 2023
1984 is one of my favourite books. Will check Propaganda out
reply
47 sats \ 3 replies \ @brandonsbytes 21 Oct 2023
deleted by author
reply
192 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 21 Oct 2023
1984 is the communism presented for western worlds...
BNW is the communism presented to the eastern worlds...
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @brandonsbytes 21 Oct 2023
deleted by author
reply
21 sats \ 0 replies \ @bordalix 22 Oct 2023
https://www.highexistence.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/huxley_orwell1.jpg
reply
93 sats \ 0 replies \ @OneOneSeven 21 Oct 2023
Operation Trojan Horse
reply
92 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jayden 21 Oct 2023
The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy - by Dani Rodrik
reply
92 sats \ 0 replies \ @CryptoTweetie 22 Oct 2023 freebie
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
reply
87 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 21 Oct 2023
The basics law of human stupidity - here is the link to download it. Is a very short book but worth it 100%
reply
109 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB 21 Oct 2023
The Bible.
Wild stories in this book
reply
0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 21 Oct 2023
It's all fake.
reply
131 sats \ 1 reply \ @brandonsbytes 21 Oct 2023
deleted by author
reply
21 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 21 Oct 2023
š
reply
10 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 21 Oct 2023
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
reply
92 sats \ 0 replies \ @brandonsbytes 21 Oct 2023
deleted by author
reply