Weekend Book Recommendations \ stacker news ~meta

I am reading Twilight of the Idols -- super interesting perspective, especially in his commentaries on German society at that time... very similar to what we are currently experiencing in the US

230 sats \ 2 replies \ @birdeye21 16 Sep 2023

He saw the trend humanity was going down so vividly, actually wild.

368 sats \ 1 reply \ @bitdern 16 Sep 2023

man it is WILD how tapped in he was. something about being so close to the edge of insanity that seems to give a person "insights" from beyond...

(hard to put that into words, but I think you know what I am getting at)

230 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 16 Sep 2023

"No great mind ever existed without a touch of madness"

I know exactly what you mean

521 sats \ 0 replies \ @lightwalker 16 Sep 2023

Haven't done reareading yet. "The Broken Money" by Lyn Alden

"Fiat Ruins Everything" by Jimmy Song

461 sats \ 0 replies \ @lumps 16 Sep 2023

Entering chapter 5 of Lord of the Flies.

461 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 16 Sep 2023

I am reading Gibby- Tales of a Baseball Lifer. You said any topic counts.

20 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 16 Sep 2023

For a minute I thought this was a Kirk Gibson memoir- another guy for whom I hold a many decade grudge.

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 16 Sep 2023

I heard the original script for the movie the Grudge was just a list of the players and teams you hold 30 year grudges for but the film was going to be too long so they turned it into a silly horror flick.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 16 Sep 2023

This is the kind of quality content I commit to producing if we decide to roast someone.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 16 Sep 2023

Well, he's no Lanny McDonald.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 16 Sep 2023

What I found interesting is that the year Gibby was drafted the Mets had 4 first round picks and they picked Strawberry first but also picked Billy Beane, John Gibbons back to back and just in front of Beane and Gibbons the Expos drafted Terry Francona.

What are the chances that 3 big name baseball managers/executives get drafted back to back to back?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 16 Sep 2023

Haha no. John Gibbons, former Met (try not to hold that against him), and 2x Blue Jays manager. I bought the book for my dad for his birthday and he said it was good so I borrowed it. It's ok.

416 sats \ 0 replies \ @Michelson_Morley 16 Sep 2023

The beginning of Infinity - David Deutsch

long scale perspective on the coolness of humans (AGIs in general), the idea of the multiverse. A pop-sci book from a giant in the field of quantum computing (Deutsch in quantum computing is comparable to Hawking in astrophysics)

417 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 16 Sep 2023

Fear and Loathing On The Campaign Trail. I read this book years ago. I'm going to see if it's still as entertaining to me as it once was.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @lumps 16 Sep 2023

I still find myself digging out an odd book of his, opening to a random page, and getting lost in his work. They will always hold a special place on my bookshelf. He was the reason I got interested in reading. Have fun.

456 sats \ 0 replies \ @ama 16 Sep 2023

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, by Oliver Sacks and Teología del dinero, by Jorge Majfud.

429 sats \ 0 replies \ @bordalix 17 Sep 2023

Reading "The Quantum Labyrinth: How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality" by Paul Alpern.

Next will be "The Broken Money" by Lyn Alden

651 sats \ 0 replies \ @SatoshisVoice 16 Sep 2023

I am reading “ Dark Psychology and Manipulation” by Margaret Morrison Only to be able to manipulate the fiat peasants and orange pill them

625 sats \ 0 replies \ @badabing 16 Sep 2023

Rereading Blood Meridian

359 sats \ 0 replies \ @pow 17 Sep 2023

The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel

359 sats \ 0 replies \ @Shinn21 17 Sep 2023

Started reading The Salt Fix by James DiNicolantonio 🧂

497 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 16 Sep 2023

Here you have guys, something quick, a short book, for just taking your coffee in the morning. Be careful not to spill the coffee, is really funny (in pdf and epub format here to download): The basic laws of human stupidity

272 sats \ 0 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 17 Sep 2023

Not a book, but I'm reading about rocket pioneer, libertarian and occultist Jack Parsons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons

271 sats \ 0 replies \ @btcphoto 16 Sep 2023

Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitdern 16 Sep 2023

Really fun read: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769729.At_Play_in_the_Fields_of_the_Lord

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @nemo 16 Sep 2023

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306 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 16 Sep 2023

Great one, Nemo! For some reason I have a thing about Zimbabwe stories. I really enjoyed it.

190 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 16 Sep 2023

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @PRA3S3NT1A 17 Sep 2023

Depends on.. If I wish to understand how money works and thus society then I read the Bitcoin Standard from Saifedean Ammous. If I wish to understand more about my self then I may choose to read White Fire from Mooji.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @czechnostradamus 17 Sep 2023

Hello book lovers. I just finished Lightning Network book from czech author Michal Novák. Now i'am finishing Terry Pratchet's book Witches Abroad and tomorow i will start Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Wade 16 Sep 2023

Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

https://www.amazon.com/Number-Go-Up-Cryptos-Staggering/dp/0593443810