News Of The WeekNews Of The Week
Welcome to the Books And Articles newsletter. Thanks for all of the quality posts.
This is the final edition of 2024. I want to take a moment to thank all the contributors who provided this territory with some great content this first year. I hope this is just the beginning. I will probably try some new things with the goal of creating a place where writers earn a fair fee in bitcoin for their work. It may be a long process, so please be patient.
Happy reading, and Happy New Year!
. As always, please reply with suggestions and opinions on how to make this territory better.
Logo design by @plebpoet Link to last week’s newsletter: #819033
Top Posts Of The WeekTop Posts Of The Week
- Dickens, V4V, and Stacker News by @siggy47
- Jordan Peterson SN Book Club: The Meaning and Virtue of Work by @denlillaapan
- Truth and Beauty - An Interview with PlebPoet by @ek
- Edward Chancellor, "The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest" (Joakim Book) by @denlillaapan
- How to Substack by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
Siggy’s SuggestionsSiggy’s Suggestions
I am pretty sure this is the first book review submitted by @Rothbardian_fanatic. Since I’m not a science fiction reader, this book was completely off my radar. I admit I am intrigued. The post didn’t get much attention for whatever reason , so I suggest that stackers give it a look now.
Speaking of Sci-Fi, here’s a nugget from a new SN account that didn’t get the attention it deserved. I was disappointed that there wasn’t more back and forth discussion. It’s a topic I want to learn more about.
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
- Stoic Book Club:Meditations by @Se7enZ
- Jordan Peterson SN Bookclub -- We Who Wrestle With God by @denlillaapan
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
- Edward Chancellor, "The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest" (Joakim Book) by @denlillaapan
- Review of Greg Bear’s Moving Mars by @Rothbardian_fanatic
- Book Review Directory #3
- Book Reviews Directory #2
- Book Reviews Directory #1
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
- #745057 by @SimpleStacker
- Competition and trust in the private provision of money | 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
- Prose piece | Running by @carlosfandango
- Prose piece | The storm by @carlosfandango
- Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche by @jurraca
- Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
PoetryPoetry
- Reflections on the recent holiday by @plebpoet
- internet feelings by @ek
- Sorelle by @Myshkin
- Autunno by @Myshkin
- #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
- Short story | The motel by @carlosfandango
- 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
I am very grateful to be among such distinguished and committed people from the great Stacker News family and @siggy47
My post #676287 brings back many memories. But I wonder if it is time to tell the story of the journey that has begun a community of Bitcoiners that emerged on a small island in the Cuban archipelago called La IslaBTC, born from @Cuba_BTC and that has had among its instructors @bitalion, Forte11 and Catrya. In addition, unknowingly, @DarthCoin, @criptopanas, @Undisciplined and many others have also cooperated. Thanks to the Bitcoin community, Stacker News and above all
THANK YOU BITCOIN
I really hope it is time to hear that story. In my opinion those stories of new bitcoin economies are always inspirational and further adoption.
I'd be happy to publish that story. So this week we'll be putting it out there for the community to consider.
Great to hear.
What is this all about? Is there any content writing contest held here?
This is the newsletter for the ~BooksAndArticles territory. When I started the newsletter I held two writing contests. It became obvious that there was little interest beyond the second one, so I haven't held another.
The purpose of the newsletter is to give visibility to content posted in the territory each week.
I appreciate you letting me know. I mistakenly believed those were the winners of the contest. I understand now.
Usually the top post gets a 50% sat split. This week my post was at the top, so there was no sat split.
Oh wow, this is a great idea for paying to create. I saw that anyone can post there. I also read a lot of books and have recommendations, feedback, quotes, and much more to share about them. I will try. Thanks for the nice introduction.
I'm happy to hear it! I look forward to reading your posts.
I truly hope that my posts will be to your liking 🙏
What a nice thread: #821212, I'm sorry I missed it.
Makes me wonder what, if anything, SN can do to maintain a good post's engagement after the first 24 hours
One thought I had is that if a post that had a lot of engagement receives a new reply or a large zap, it can still rise up in the Hot list. This would increase competition for space in Hot, and could disadvantage new posts, so that's a major tradeoff
Thank you for lovingly carving a space of community and camaraderie to encourage the exchange of views and personal tales. You have helped me feel like I am a more accomplished writer this year - and this weighs more than anything else, including sats xP
Congrats! That Dickens correlation with SN is very apt. There were writers all over in the past who used to make a living by writing like this. https://daveastoronliterature.com/2020/11/29/novelists-who-navigated-from-newspapers/
Thanks, Siggy.
I missed the Moving Mars post when it went up. That book sounds right up my alley. I just need to finish off half a dozen Wheel of Time books first.