Book Diet Oct-Nov 2019
Here are about books I listened to inward the final couplet months. These were all audiobooks that the Libby app enabled me to borrow from my populace library online.
It is convenient to hear to books rather than reading them. On the other hand, I intend I don't retain equally much information when I hear to books. It feels similar I acquire amend visually than past times listening. Feelings aside, equally 1 concrete difference, I can't accept notes when I listen. When I read a physical book, I utilization a blank alphabetic lineament page equally page separator in addition to on it I banker's complaint downwards of import concepts/ideas I encounter. When I read an ebook on Kindle, I tin to a greater extent than conveniently highlight paragraphs, in addition to receive got them available for me equally highlights.
This majority provocatively claims that the theories of scientists from Darwin to Chomsky on the evolution of spoken communication is wrong. However, for his arguments, Wolfe has exclusively his chutzpah to dorsum him upwards equally he has no scientific background to empathize permit lonely theorize on this topic.
It seems similar Wolfe had a chip on his shoulder against Darwin in addition to Chomsky. His arguments are horrendous. Even for outsiders to the field, it is slowly to tell he is incorrect in addition to unjust. For the root one-half of the book, he mocks in addition to tries to discredit Darwin on his theorizing evolution, in addition to argues that the credit should move to Wallace. Only at the final moment, he admits alongside a half-mouth that genuinely Darwin had been working on this theory for the preceding ii decades in addition to had to a greater extent than to dorsum his theory. Similarly for Noam Chomsky. He has a os to option alongside Chomsky, in addition to it looks similar this is due to Chomsky's leftist views.
I receive got a really depression tolerance for injustice. So I am outraged at his chutzpah in addition to the nonsense he spews. But I couldn't halt listening to the book. His writing is thus good. I merely wished, he had written something that made sense, in addition to I would relish it better. But noo... He had to spew these unjust statements. Unjust but beautifully composed, cleverly written sentences. The majority is a train-wreck, but alongside beautiful cinematography... I couldn't halt watching, in addition to enjoying it.
If this is what New Journalism manner is like, I similar the Old Journalism, give thank yous you.
I had genuinely liked the Snow Crash, Diamond Age, in addition to the Seveneves books. They are amidst my favorite science-fiction books. I didn't similar Cryptonomicon much, in addition to I didn't relish this majority at all. I gave upwards on this majority later a couplet chapters in... Too dull, alongside non plenty payback potential.
The majority introduced a unusual basis of hedge fund managers, fiscal advisors, in addition to stock traders. It introduced in addition to made last eccentric people similar Mike Burry, Steve Eisman, Greg Lippman, in addition to Eugene Xu. It was a really colorful majority virtually a really technical subject. I reckon that this majority is made into a movie, it should last worth watching straightaway that I listened to this book.
This majority showed me how people inward ability positions may non know that much in addition to tin last participants (knowingly or unknowingly) of a big scam banking on the ignorance of others. Just because things didn't intermission downwards yet, doesn't hateful it won't always break.
The majority thought me that if yous accept the time, enquiry other peoples basic assumption, exercise the grunt work, in addition to thus yous could last the existent pioneer leader inward an area. It takes about fourth dimension but if yous know something to last truthful whereas almost all other people are on the other side, last steadfast. One chip of truth tin destroy vast amount of lies!
This equally good reminds me of Peter Thiel's favorite question: "What of import truth exercise really few people handle alongside yous on?" If yous receive got a good/undervalued response to this, this becomes your competitive advantage!
The majority is straightaway almost xx years old. But it aged genuinely well. It contains all the insights virtually the big utilization Internet would play inward our daily lives. I lived through the 2000s in addition to sentry Internet acquire increasingly to a greater extent than adopted. I know this stuff, but Lewis is a slap-up story teller, he however kept the content interesting to me later xx years.
Lewis argues that Internet makes information readily available to everyone including fringes, in addition to this disrupts the condition quo. The mesh is the slap-up equalizer in addition to democratizer of the information.
Here are descriptions of about chapters from the book:
It is convenient to hear to books rather than reading them. On the other hand, I intend I don't retain equally much information when I hear to books. It feels similar I acquire amend visually than past times listening. Feelings aside, equally 1 concrete difference, I can't accept notes when I listen. When I read a physical book, I utilization a blank alphabetic lineament page equally page separator in addition to on it I banker's complaint downwards of import concepts/ideas I encounter. When I read an ebook on Kindle, I tin to a greater extent than conveniently highlight paragraphs, in addition to receive got them available for me equally highlights.
The Kingdom of Speech (Tom Wolfe)
Tom Wolfe wrote this majority inward 2016, in addition to died inward 2018 at historic menstruation 88. He was a master copy storyteller in addition to journalist associated alongside the New Journalism style. (New Journalism is a literary manner reminiscent of long-form non-fiction in addition to emphasizing "truth" over "facts", in addition to intensive reportage inward which reporters immersed themselves inward the stories equally they reported in addition to wrote them.)This majority provocatively claims that the theories of scientists from Darwin to Chomsky on the evolution of spoken communication is wrong. However, for his arguments, Wolfe has exclusively his chutzpah to dorsum him upwards equally he has no scientific background to empathize permit lonely theorize on this topic.
It seems similar Wolfe had a chip on his shoulder against Darwin in addition to Chomsky. His arguments are horrendous. Even for outsiders to the field, it is slowly to tell he is incorrect in addition to unjust. For the root one-half of the book, he mocks in addition to tries to discredit Darwin on his theorizing evolution, in addition to argues that the credit should move to Wallace. Only at the final moment, he admits alongside a half-mouth that genuinely Darwin had been working on this theory for the preceding ii decades in addition to had to a greater extent than to dorsum his theory. Similarly for Noam Chomsky. He has a os to option alongside Chomsky, in addition to it looks similar this is due to Chomsky's leftist views.
I receive got a really depression tolerance for injustice. So I am outraged at his chutzpah in addition to the nonsense he spews. But I couldn't halt listening to the book. His writing is thus good. I merely wished, he had written something that made sense, in addition to I would relish it better. But noo... He had to spew these unjust statements. Unjust but beautifully composed, cleverly written sentences. The majority is a train-wreck, but alongside beautiful cinematography... I couldn't halt watching, in addition to enjoying it.
If this is what New Journalism manner is like, I similar the Old Journalism, give thank yous you.
Anathem (Neal Stephenson)
This majority was long in addition to boring... Some other authors equally good write long books in addition to include numerous details equally well, but Neal Stephenson is merely testing the limits of our patience inward this book. Maybe he is trying to filter his audience: "Only the worthy amidst yous should last reading my books."I had genuinely liked the Snow Crash, Diamond Age, in addition to the Seveneves books. They are amidst my favorite science-fiction books. I didn't similar Cryptonomicon much, in addition to I didn't relish this majority at all. I gave upwards on this majority later a couplet chapters in... Too dull, alongside non plenty payback potential.
The Big Short: Inside the doomsday machine (Michael Lewis)
Oh brother... I receive got zip involvement for the stock market. But, the majority was superb in addition to really engaging. It was virtually the creation of the creation of the credit default swap market, the States of America housing bubble, in addition to the resulting 2008 marketplace crash.The majority introduced a unusual basis of hedge fund managers, fiscal advisors, in addition to stock traders. It introduced in addition to made last eccentric people similar Mike Burry, Steve Eisman, Greg Lippman, in addition to Eugene Xu. It was a really colorful majority virtually a really technical subject. I reckon that this majority is made into a movie, it should last worth watching straightaway that I listened to this book.
This majority showed me how people inward ability positions may non know that much in addition to tin last participants (knowingly or unknowingly) of a big scam banking on the ignorance of others. Just because things didn't intermission downwards yet, doesn't hateful it won't always break.
The majority thought me that if yous accept the time, enquiry other peoples basic assumption, exercise the grunt work, in addition to thus yous could last the existent pioneer leader inward an area. It takes about fourth dimension but if yous know something to last truthful whereas almost all other people are on the other side, last steadfast. One chip of truth tin destroy vast amount of lies!
This equally good reminds me of Peter Thiel's favorite question: "What of import truth exercise really few people handle alongside yous on?" If yous receive got a good/undervalued response to this, this becomes your competitive advantage!
Next: The Future Just Happened (Michael Lewis)
This is about other superb majority past times Michael Lewis, written inward 2001, virtually how the mesh got adopted in addition to move mainstream approaching 2000s.The majority is straightaway almost xx years old. But it aged genuinely well. It contains all the insights virtually the big utilization Internet would play inward our daily lives. I lived through the 2000s in addition to sentry Internet acquire increasingly to a greater extent than adopted. I know this stuff, but Lewis is a slap-up story teller, he however kept the content interesting to me later xx years.
Lewis argues that Internet makes information readily available to everyone including fringes, in addition to this disrupts the condition quo. The mesh is the slap-up equalizer in addition to democratizer of the information.
Here are descriptions of about chapters from the book:
- At the historic menstruation of twelve, Jonathan Lebed began trading stocks. By the historic menstruation of fourteen, he learned that past times posting messages inward chat rooms, he could touching stock prices.
- The legal profession suffers a blow to its pride at the hands of fifteen-year-old Marcus Arnold, who became a top-ranked respondent to legal questions on AskMe.com.
- The British stone band Marillion could non acquire funds for a promotional tour from their tape companionship thus they turned to the internet.
- The TiVo in addition to Replay transmit information dorsum to the advertisers on consumer preferences. Consumers gain convenience at the cost of privacy.
When I seat downwards Joy's essay, I thought: It was just how about former peer of the realm mightiness receive got behaved had he works life himself troubled past times about novel development. Call the former boys inward the network. Talk it over. Build consensus. Reach a determination that satisfies the former boys, in addition to and thus telephone band straight on political authorisation to accept attention of the problem. Assume everyone else volition bow to the former boys' wisdom.
When highly self-conscious, highly intelligent, perfectly overnice men chuck the principles on which they receive got built their careers in addition to reinvent themselves equally qualified enemies of their ain thought of progress, it is equally disconcerting inward its agency equally grayness goo on the kitchen floor. You reckon it in addition to yous know something is up. Hillis in addition to Joy are trying to tell us something, but they don't know how to say it.
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