News Of The WeekNews Of The Week
Welcome to the Books And Articles newsletter. Thanks to everyone who posted.
Books And Articles is benefitting from what I see as the increase in quality posts on SN generally. I hope this is because of its growing popularity in the bitcoin community. For our territory, I am very happy to see that @denlillaapan contributed a Top Post this week. For those who don’t know, he is a writer and editor with a financial background. His credits include editing two of the best bitcoin books ever written: Broken Money, by Lyn Alden, and Resistance Money, by Andrew M. Bailey, Bradley Rettler, and Craig Warmke. He is now posting his own writing on Stacker News. He has also edited some of @realBitcoinDog’s written work, another SN newcomer who has brought his talents and energy to SN.
Although he’s not new to Stacker News, I also have been incredibly impressed by the articles being written by @SimpleStacker in reviewing bitcoin economic papers. I have learned a lot from him over the past few weeks. His most recent article is once again this week’s Top Post, and I look forward to many more.
I also want to mention @gpvansat, who’s contributed chronicles of his travels through Africa, and @carlosfandango, who regularly contributes book reviews and prose essays. Both of these writers have had Top Posts this week.
Thanks to everyone who helps to make this space better.
As always, please reply with suggestions and opinions on how to make this territory better.
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Link to last week’s newsletter:
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Top Five Posts Of The WeekTop Five Posts Of The Week
Here are this week’s top posts:
- Minneapolis Fed Bitcoin Paper | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
- Wandering w/ Purpose: An interview with a Bitcoin merchant in Mozambique by @gpvansat
- Who is your favorite Science Fiction Author? by @Rothbardian_fanatic
- Parents' group calls for removal of Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian' from libraries by @south_korea_ln
- Book review | ‘Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921’ by Anthony Beevor by @carlosfandango
Siggy’s SuggestionsSiggy’s Suggestions
Stillstackin’s review of this TV series got me interested in Slow Horses, something I can watch while waiting for the next episode of The Penguin to get released.
I have to admit that all I knew about Nate Silver before reading this post is that he was “the poll guy.” I know. I’m embarrassed.
Writing ContestsWriting Contests
Stackers’ BlogsStackers’ Blogs
My Bitcoin JourneyMy Bitcoin Journey
Inspired by Writing Contest #1, this is where stacker’s bitcoin origin stories will be posted for easy reference.
- Grayruby’s Bitcoin story by @grayruby
- I Put ¼ Of A Bitcoin In A Landfill by @brandonsbytes
- From Selling Newspapers To Finding Bitcoin by @Coinsreporter
- My bitcoin journey by @Carreson
- "Who are you?" — How do I want to answer? by @IamSINGLE
- "My journey with Bitcoin: the experience of an ordinary Cuban" by @BTCLNAT
- Bitcoin Story - No, social media had nothing to do with it xD by @realBitcoinDog
Book ClubsBook Clubs
BooksBooks
- The Universal Good Deal by @cleophas
- Who Brought The Steak Tartare?, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
- The Final Product by @cleophas
- The Penal Preserve, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
- Happy The Hippo, an absolutely wonderful children’s book written by @cryotosensei for his son.
- The Rogue Scholar by @jbschirtzinger
- Submersible by @johnbnevin
- And Then She Disappears - Block 1 by @ginkgo
Book ReviewsBook Reviews
- Book Review, Nate Silver's On the Edge by @denlillaapan
- The Mandibles by Lionel Shirver by @21futures
- Book Review | Catcher in the Rye - Better the second go around as an adult by @realBitcoinDog
- Book Review | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by @carlosfandango
- Book Review | Black Coffee Blues by Henry Rollins by @carlosfandango
- Book review | ‘Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921’ by Anthony Beevor by @carlosfandango
- The Underground Man by Dostoevsky by @Nadia
- Emil Cioran: 'The Fall into Time ("Sturz in die Zeit" in German) by @TomK
- Book Review: The Book of Elsewhere, by China Mieville and Keanu Reeves by @jurraca
- A Journey Through Emiko Jean's The Return of Ellie Black by @Melisa
- what i read, and wrapping up in july: by @speakingyourtruth
- Book Review: Nothing Like The Movies by Lynn Painter by @speakingyourtruth
- The Mandibles: A Review by @jimmysong
- Self-Reliance by Emerson by @ek
- Book - The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage (1998) by @Signal312
- #665765 by @Undisciplined
- Book Review: Sliced Americana by @jbschirtzinger
- #675002 by @jbschirtzinger
- The New Manners and Customs of Bible Times by @jbschirtzinger
- Book Review: Q By Luther Blisset by @jbschirtzinger
- Book Review | “The Happiness Project” and “Happier at Home” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Self-Motivated Kid” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “101 ways to bring out the best in your children & yourself” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Art of Possibility” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Daily Dad” by Ryan Holiday by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Art of Possibility” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Wonder Doodles” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Sompo Guide Tokyo” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Peak” by @cryotosensei
- Book Reviews Directory #2
- Book Reviews Directory 11/23-3/24
Bitcoin Academic Articles & ReviewsBitcoin Academic Articles & Reviews
- Bitcoin Pricing, Adoption, and Usage: Theory and Evidence | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
- Minneapolis Fed Bitcoin Paper | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
Movie & Television ReviewsMovie & Television Reviews
- Sound of Freedom | Movie Review by @SimpleStacker
- Movie Review | “How to make millions before Grandma dies” by @cryotosensei
- Movie Review | “Culinary Class Wars” by @cryotosensei
- Movie Review | “Culinary Class Wars” by @cryotosensei
- El Encargado | Argentinian TV series | very good comedy by @DarthCoin
- The IT crowd | hillarious super funny comedy TV series by @DarthCoin
- Two TV series about the "Schrodinger's cat" theory by @DarthCoin
- From | Que sera, sera... | new season 3 TV series by @DarthCoin
- #734282 by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
EssaysEssays
- Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche by @jurraca
- Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
PoetryPoetry
- #411278 by @cryotosensei
- plebpoet’s original poem + discussion by @plebpoet
- a new kind of poem (that you can see 👀 and hear 🦻) by @plebpoet
- I am not man enough by @Nuttall
- If A Day Comes... by @Tef
- Let's pretend we loved each other by @Nadia
- That's MINE! Poetry. by @Malach17
- Silly rhymes written by a guy (maybe) fallen in love by @0268a5c238
Short StoriesShort Stories
- The poet and the reader || short story by @02879c7d869
- 'little fictions' presents: Cowboys Don't Belong by @plebpoet
- Short Story: “Quarter” by Eduardo Prospero by @eduardopro
- Neo’s Adventure In The Digital Realm: Discovering The Treasure Of Bitcoin by @VEINTIUNO
SN is so small still that two new thoughtful writers, and another ramping up his efforts, makes a huge difference. I've noticed it too.
There are more outside the territory that I didn't mention too. I'm excited. I really suck at digging up analytics, but it seems like there have been a lot of new accounts lately. Maybe we're in a bull market growth spurt?
There was a big surge in referrals last week. For the most part, stacker counts seem to be very steady, but the amount of zaps may be increasing.
My hope is also the same, if many people join then zap participation should also increase.
Thanks again for the shout out! Glad you like MY ENERGY
Welp, that’s my tell @siggy47 that you don’t live in USA or at least seriously tune out if politics!!
I’ve been trying to get @denlillaapan to write his Bitcoin story for years on Satoshi’s Journal. We’ll see if he finally does it for SN and ~BooksAndArticles!
¿Es este el camino a la frontera?
Haha!
Omg but how would a retired U.S. lawyer not follow politics closely enough to know Silver’s 538 election forecast??
Of course I know 538! That's why I called him the poll guy. I had no idea he was a writer wrote about poker.
Ah. Got it! you are redeemed
yea yeah yea,
Here’s some inspiration. Look at those zaps! #722720
Thank you for the newsletter.
I like the book reviews so much because they are coming from honest stackers.
Hey, not only did I get a shout out, but I see Slow Horses got a mention! Oldman rocks that series.
I've made some changes to the Rogue Scholar site, and have done some updates regarding the next release of the Celestial Intelligence Agency: Interstices. Apparently, though, the security certificate is slow in coming. Remember when we were less secure on the web but happier with http? Peperridge Farms does. If you are of a brave constitution, you can see it before Let's Encrypt makes it "more secure". Hell, I'm half-tempted to leave it that way as a kind of protest.
Thank you kindly for the shout-out!
Correction: I edited Aaron van Wirdum's The Genesis Book
https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/products/the-genesis-book
The resistance money people I -- unfortunately -- only got an early read to and reviewed their book (both in BM Print and for AIER: )
https://aier.org/article/bitcoin-is-resistance-money/
Sorry about that. You have so many impressive credits.
pff, oh flatterer there!
Did you stop sharing sats with the top poster? Or is it because @SimpleStacker won two weeks in a row?
Also embarrassed I missed a post about SF, but catching stuff I missed is yet another reason I love these newsletters.
Oh man! Thanks for noticing. I completely forgot. I will rectify it now with a punitive zap. Another senior moment.
Thanks for the shout-out again, and for the zaps!
Thanks for the alpha on @denlillaapan. I didn’t know n wouldn’t have known if not for your newsletter!
He and Ziggy the dog write bad haiku as well….
Thank you for the mention.
Thank you siggy for the letter.
These papers (one from EU as well) have definitely made some noise there. But after reading them and the reviews, I got assured that they will be in the garbage truck before they are applied on public.