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What books are you all reading this weekend? Any topic counts!

Beyond Good and Evil - Nietzsche

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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

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

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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)

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

I know exactly what you mean

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

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Rereading Blood Meridian

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Praxeology - Knut Svanholm

Its like a condensed version of Human Action

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Just finished reading Rocket Fuel about successful cofounder dynamics -- visionaries and integrators.

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

"Fiat Ruins Everything" by Jimmy Song

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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

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

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

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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.

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Well, he's no Lanny McDonald.

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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?

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

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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.

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Entering chapter 5 of Lord of the Flies.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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)

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The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel

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Started reading The Salt Fix by James DiNicolantonio 🧂

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

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Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

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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.

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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.

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

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

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Always helps me refocus. Simplifies what often seems so complicated

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It's great but it's a tough read.

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Worth it though

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Absolutely.

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

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