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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostDid Outliers by Gladwell and now doing Tipping Point by him, enjoyable pop science with correlation = causation for him. Also did some famous persuasion influence book that was full of things I already do . Have gotten an audio book on scrum as we've started that in work.
Persuasion is good, lots of good books in that area.
Thinking Fast & Slow
Nudge
Misbehaving
How to win friends & influence people
Daniel Goleman has a few on emotional intelligence which are decent too
I was maybe 1/3 through two Dan Dennett books and put them down. They're just draining trying to figure out exactly what he's talking aboutLast edited by Guest; 22-06-18, 11:55.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostYeah read that recently. Think a lot of wannabee entrepreneurs read that for inspiration, but so much good luck (and sacrifice) involved in that story (his coach happened to be a genius, he got lucky with finance, endorsements, etc), company could so easily have folded with tighter credit.
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Originally posted by brady23 View PostI read those two of Gladwell as well. I bought Blink, What the dog saw and David & Golaith too but haven't read them yet.
Persuasion is good, lots of good books in that area.
Thinking Fast & Slow
Nudge
Misbehaving
How to win friends & influence people
Daniel Goleman has a few on emotional intelligence which are decent too
I was maybe 1/3 through two Dan Dennett books and put them down. They're just draining trying to figure out exactly what he's talking about
Dan Dennett sounds good considering his credentials.
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostI Read What the Dog Saw and Loved that, have Blink here to read too. A rare physical copy of a book for me. Thinking Fast & Slow sounds good from the title, it's a concept I've thought a lot about. I'd like some books with more Science to them like Influence.
Dan Dennett sounds good considering his credentials.
Hitch said Michael Lewis adaptation The Undoing Project is very good too.
Dennett is great, he's one of the 4 horsemen with Dawkins, Harris & Hitchens. He did a great podcast with Sam Harris on the concept of Free Will vs Determinism which arose because of his criticism of Harris's book Free Will as he felt it was flawed.
Lots of it going over my head as it often feels like they're arguments over semantics but they're interesting concepts.
Hitchens "Letters to a young contrarian" is well worth a read too
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@Tar I'd you're interested in Dennett & persuasion, I'm moving on to reading this:
He consistently mentions Rappaports Rules as a formula for constructing a debate and probably pretty apt for idea of persuasion:
How to compose a successful critical commentary:
1. You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.”
2. You should list any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of general or widespread agreement).
3. You should mention anything you have learned from your target.
4. Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism.
One immediate effect of following these rules is that your targets will be a receptive audience for your criticism: you have already shown that you understand their positions as well as they do, and have demonstrated good judgment (you agree with them on some important matters and have even been persuaded by something they said).
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I started reading Ulysses again on June 16. Took me a year to get through it last time 15 years ago.
Giving myself another year to get through it BUT hope to be largely done this time by Nov. 1 when the Beastie Boys memoir comes out.
Hoping to find the time to read some supplementary material this time as i finish each chapter to deepen my understanding.
IIRC my mind was blown regularly last time as i read it while travelling in Australia and China.
Looking forward to more of the same now i'm in Dublin and am connected much more to the city and its language and rhythms.
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View PostI started reading Ulysses again on June 16. Took me a year to get through it last time 15 years ago.
Giving myself another year to get through it BUT hope to be largely done this time by Nov. 1 when the Beastie Boys memoir comes out.
Hoping to find the time to read some supplementary material this time as i finish each chapter to deepen my understanding.
IIRC my mind was blown regularly last time as i read it while travelling in Australia and China.
Looking forward to more of the same now i'm in Dublin and am connected much more to the city and its language and rhythms.
Access Google Drive with a Google account (for personal use) or Google Workspace account (for business use).
After you've read it once its great to pick and choose. I read one or two chapters every June, supposedly at random but at this stage there are a couple I'll avoid. Just finished Ithaca and it's a pure joy to read.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostHere is a link to the RTE dramatisation which is great to read along with.
Access Google Drive with a Google account (for personal use) or Google Workspace account (for business use).
After you've read it once its great to pick and choose. I read one or two chapters every June, supposedly at random but at this stage there are a couple I'll avoid. Just finished Ithaca and it's a pure joy to read.
Cheers for the link. Will give that a listen for sure. Just finished chapter one!
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Finished the Tipping Point, interesting. In the middle of a book about scrum by the person who brought it to software development (and other fields).
Originally posted by BennyHiFi View PostI started reading Ulysses again on June 16. Took me a year to get through it last time 15 years ago.
Giving myself another year to get through it BUT hope to be largely done this time by Nov. 1 when the Beastie Boys memoir comes out.
Hoping to find the time to read some supplementary material this time as i finish each chapter to deepen my understanding.
IIRC my mind was blown regularly last time as i read it while travelling in Australia and China.
Looking forward to more of the same now i'm in Dublin and am connected much more to the city and its language and rhythms.
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostFinished the Tipping Point, interesting. In the middle of a book about scrum by the person who brought it to software development (and other fields).
If you live in Dublin there is a Ulysses play on.
What’s the scrum book? Implementing a fair bit of scrum project mgmt in work at the minute and it’s pretty interesting but I dunno if I’d be able for a whole book on it unless it was well written and not too heavy.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLast edited by BennyHiFi; 28-06-18, 15:11.
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Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
It's quite light, so far it's just talking about the history of scrum, why it came about, the authors background, places it has been used to great success and is now starting to do a very light analysis of different parts of it. It's by no means a technical book.
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Originally posted by Keane View PostMake sure it's the version with Zelazny reading!
The first five books are read by Alessandro Juliani ("Gaeta" from Battlestar Galactica) and the last five books are read by Will Wheaton ("Wesley Crusher" from ST:TNG).Last edited by Tar.Aldarion; 03-07-18, 23:01.
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View PostI started reading Ulysses again on June 16. Took me a year to get through it last time 15 years ago.
Giving myself another year to get through it BUT hope to be largely done this time by Nov. 1 when the Beastie Boys memoir comes out.
Hoping to find the time to read some supplementary material this time as i finish each chapter to deepen my understanding.
IIRC my mind was blown regularly last time as i read it while travelling in Australia and China.
Looking forward to more of the same now i'm in Dublin and am connected much more to the city and its language and rhythms.
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostFinished my scrum book and had started this but it was narrated by somebody else, damn!
The first five books are read by Alessandro Juliani ("Gaeta" from Battlestar Galactica) and the last five books are read by Will Wheaton ("Wesley Crusher" from ST:TNG).
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I'll PM you. I've started The Martian in the meantime.Last edited by Tar.Aldarion; 04-07-18, 09:52.
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I suspect this is morally dubious at best but sure I'll share it anyway. I purchases an Audible account with 24 credits on Ebay for ~€24 yesterday. Got sent the details last night and it appears to work without a hitch.
I'd like to think I'm not doing the authors whose books I download completely out of their royalties, not sure how the scam works tbh. In fairness I was unlikely to ever pay for them either way.
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My brother bought two of those accounts.
I'm finished The Martian and onto Nine Princes in Amber, it's great so far. It kinda reads like Trent at some points. The author reading it is the best I've heard somebody read something. Nobody else sounds like the content is actually happening, really impressed. His only mistake has been saying Fiona wrong!
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostMy brother bought two of those accounts.
I'm finished The Martian and onto Nine Princes in Amber, it's great so far. It kinda reads like Trent at some points. The author reading it is the best I've heard somebody read something. Nobody else sounds like the content is actually happening, really impressed. His only mistake has been saying Fiona wrong!
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostHe just murdered the pronunciation of TÃr na nÓg, I like how this Irish influence is getting in there but he clearly has never heard somebody speak of it
It might not be very obvious - it certainly took me a long time to notice - but he gives some of the characters Irish twangs when he's voicing them. Eric in particular IIRC.
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Watching that Icarus documentary, decided to see if I could get some sort of Putin book because whatever else he's an interesting character. Still have audible credits to use so going to give All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin a go.
On another note, I've been listening to the Dresden Files books - which are sort of hard-boiled detective stories but the detective is a wizard. Half way through the third one and they're most enjoyable.
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Originally posted by Keane View Post@Denny - how do you get through books at such a rate? Was that one about Buddhism you read any good?
Even though I do take a lot of notes I can cover non-fiction like "Hit Refresh" in a few hours as there's a lot of parallels and similar ideas to books I've read previously. It's funny, that Buddhism book mostly reminded me of Ray Dalio's 'Principles'. Something like Bertrand Russell takes me an awful lot longer to read.
To answer your other question, I haven't read anything else on that subject, so I've nothing to compare it to. He does get a bit repetitive, I think the first third of the book was v good, and he could have cut down the last third or so. I bought five much longer books on Buddhism when I bought that but they've been on my shelves ever since maybe when I get through them I can answer better.
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostFinished sign of the unicorn and then the hand of Oberon. Now onto the courts of chaos, are there any more read by him keane?
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Originally posted by pokerhand View PostMan, andy weir sure knows how to write a book. Reading his 2nd book Artemis. Such a fun easy read.No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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...Last edited by Hitchhiker's Guide To...; 17-08-18, 21:11."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View PostI started reading Ulysses again on June 16. Took me a year to get through it last time 15 years ago.
Giving myself another year to get through it BUT hope to be largely done this time by Nov. 1 when the Beastie Boys memoir comes out.
Hoping to find the time to read some supplementary material this time as i finish each chapter to deepen my understanding....
So two months in and i'm one-quarter of the way (6 or 7 'chapters' i think) through Ulysses.
I'm a bit behind the November target but that's largely due to the supplementary reading described above - maps of Dublin, literary essays, biographical notes on Joyce, Cliffnotes about each chapter, google searches on nursery rhymes, education, obscure small towns, a litany of wikis on early 20th century intellectuals among other things in the last couple of nights.
It's an incredible thing to realise i'm now studying it and thoroughly enjoying it.
I'm reading the uncorrected version this time (which Joyce was unhappy about) and definitely want to find out what the 5,000 errors were (7 per page) so that's next on my side reading.
Let's see if i can keep possession of the ball in the second quarter
PS... i am reading other stuff just in case you think the pace seems slow. A punk memoir last weekend, a couple of issues of Record Collector magazine cover to cover, 100 emails a day, sundry daily betting columns, Twitter spurts, occasional long reads etc... etc...Last edited by BennyHiFi; 17-08-18, 21:56.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostIs there anyone else wants to join the IPB Goodreads club? Recommendations there are class, but needs a wider group. Think it's only five of us there at the moment.
The actual volume of reading has slowed down but probably supplemented by 200 or so hours of podcasts.
Sam Harris talks to physicist David Deutsch about the reach and power of human knowledge, the future of artificial intelligence, and the survival of civilization.
Podcast with David Deutsch so based on that The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality are my next two purchases.
He has a great little story of his pick for most intelligent human he has met at the end
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I am either gonna hate or love you Benny. I've long put off reading 'Ulysses' but your posts have prompted me to order it and give it a spin. Probably be a while before I get to it as about to tackle 'Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized'.
To add something to this thread. The book which I have enjoyed most of what I have read of late is 'BeatleBone' by Kevin Barry.
Opr
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Originally posted by Opr View PostI am either gonna hate or love you Benny. I've long put off reading 'Ulysses' but your posts have prompted me to order it and give it a spin. Probably be a while before I get to it as about to tackle 'Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized'.
To add something to this thread. The book which I have enjoyed most of what I have read of late is 'BeatleBone' by Kevin Barry.
Opr
JJON is an open-access journal that focuses on the people, the words, and other cultural references in Ulysses and the earlier works. It hopes to contribute to the reader's task of learning to become Joyce's contemporary.
Ulysses begins at about 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 16, 1904, in Dublin, Ireland, when one of its major participants, young Stephen Dedalus, awakens and interac
http://www.chipspage.com/4500/WattsIntro.html (this essay is the intro to the version i have.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel) - good for snap shot overview before you start
I have this map on my kitchen wall and consult it often
It took Rachel Kerr three years to create, but it's worth the wait: Leopold's Day is a map of Dublin that features the city as it was described in James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses. Rachel also made a directory featuring 400 real people and premises that were mentioned in the book. Link - via Broadsheet See also: Ulysses - Postertext...
I read between 3 and 10 pages at a time usually and each time i have questions i can usually find the answer to online pretty quickly.
Looking forward to reading a bio of Joyce after this (though probably next year). He was a kinda dissolute boyo with a big dose of the horn and a sharp sense of humour but also quite tragic. An apt metaphor for, well, Dublin, the book and the lives he chronicled in such piercing, often agonising detail.
Good luck!
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Pre-ordered Harari's latest, hard to live up to Sapiens and Homo Deus but must be worth a read
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I've been getting great enjoyment out of listening to Stephen Fry reading the entire catalogue of Sherlock Holmes short stories and novels. Have heard most if not all of them before but they are like putting on an old hoodie or something, very pleasant and comfortable.
Have a couple of flights coming up in the next few days so hopefully will have the chance to listen to some other stuff. I have Homo Deus on my phone, I presume that is well regarded?
I also got the Jordan Peterson 12 Rules for Life one just for the sake of trying to grasp who this fella is and why everyone is so exercised by him but I have a feeling for some reason (without knowing almost anything about it admittedly) that it's going to be crap.
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On the back of the Castle Rock tv show I'm revisiting some old stephen king books on my commute.
Like slipping into an old pair of slippers.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Keane View PostI've been getting great enjoyment out of listening to Stephen Fry reading the entire catalogue of Sherlock Holmes short stories and novels. Have heard most if not all of them before but they are like putting on an old hoodie or something, very pleasant and comfortable.
Have a couple of flights coming up in the next few days so hopefully will have the chance to listen to some other stuff. I have Homo Deus on my phone, I presume that is well regarded?
I also got the Jordan Peterson 12 Rules for Life one just for the sake of trying to grasp who this fella is and why everyone is so exercised by him but I have a feeling for some reason (without knowing almost anything about it admittedly) that it's going to be crap.
I read maybe 3 chapters(rules) and put it down, maybe you'll enjoy it but I didn't like it, will probably finish it eventually though.
I'm reading Hitch 22 ATM, it's quite enjoyable thus far.
How many audible books are you listening to a month? 7.99 a month for membership and one book?Last edited by Guest; 24-08-18, 11:35.
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I've finished off that 10 book series over the last few weeks, these last 6:
The Courts of Chaos
Trumps of Doom
Blood of Amber
Sign of Chaos
Knight of Shadows
Prince of Chaos
It's a pity the series ends there.
I'm now on that Why We Sleep book. Not sure what's after that. Must do Homo Deus and his new book. Have those Sherlock books to get through too.Last edited by Tar.Aldarion; 24-08-18, 11:54.
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostI've finished:
The Courts of Chaos
Trumps of Doom
Blood of Amber
Sign of Chaos
Knight of Shadows
Prince of Chaos
It's a pity the series ends there.
I'm now on that Why We Sleep book. Not sure what's after that. Must do Homo Deus and his new book. Have those Sherlock books to get through too.
Recommended by Patrick Collison and it's on my next list.
Also Peter Singer's https://www.bookdepository.com/Ethic.../9780691178479
I mentioned David Deutschs as my next to buy as well as
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostI've finished off that 10 book series over the last few weeks, these last 6:
The Courts of Chaos
Trumps of Doom
Blood of Amber
Sign of Chaos
Knight of Shadows
Prince of Chaos
It's a pity the series ends there.
I'm now on that Why We Sleep book. Not sure what's after that. Must do Homo Deus and his new book. Have those Sherlock books to get through too.
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Originally posted by Keane View PostI've been getting great enjoyment out of listening to Stephen Fry reading the entire catalogue of Sherlock Holmes short stories and novels. Have heard most if not all of them before but they are like putting on an old hoodie or something, very pleasant and comfortable.
Have a couple of flights coming up in the next few days so hopefully will have the chance to listen to some other stuff. I have Homo Deus on my phone, I presume that is well regarded?
I also got the Jordan Peterson 12 Rules for Life one just for the sake of trying to grasp who this fella is and why everyone is so exercised by him but I have a feeling for some reason (without knowing almost anything about it admittedly) that it's going to be crap.
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Could save time and just read the Quora answer that led to the book
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Originally posted by brady23 View PostYou might enjoy this:
Recommended by Patrick Collison and it's on my next list.
Also Peter Singer's https://www.bookdepository.com/Ethic.../9780691178479
I mentioned David Deutschs as my next to buy as well as
https://www.bookdepository.com/Scale.../9781780225593
Originally posted by Keane View PostRead or audio? Did you find any decent versions of the last five if audio?
I'll get Zelazny's reading of the last 5 some day (if they all exist) and let you in on them.
I'm not sure I'm into the prequel that is written by another author.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostCould save time and just read the Quora answer that led to the book
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-m...cfba&srid=KMSOPet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostNot sure why I found this so enjoyable, but it was that. Great nighttime reading. Presume The Martian is a lot more serious and potentially depressing?No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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