News Of The Week
Welcome to the Books And Articles newsletter. Thanks for all of the quality posts.
Another good week for the territory. @SimpleStacker gave us the top post, with his expert review of an academic economics paper on bitcoin. I hope this is the first of many. @carlosfandango and @jbschirtzinger gave us particularly good book reviews, @cryotosensei brought back The Shakespeare Book Club, and @02879c7d869 gave us a new short story.
Enjoy!
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Top Five Posts Of The Week
Here are this week’s top posts:
- Bitcoin Pricing, Adoption, and Usage: Theory and Evidence | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
- Book Review | Black Coffee Blues by Henry Rollins by @carlosfandango
- Book Review: Q By Luther Blisset by @jbschirtzinger
- check your financial privilege by @stack_harder
- Kurt Vonnegut's Lost Board Game by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
Siggy’s Suggestions
Here is another great Bitcoin Journey story, given to us by @realBitcoinDog. In an ordinary week this post would have easily made the Top Five, and there would be no reason for me to highlight it. I can see it received a good deal of engagement already, but if you haven’t red it yet you should.
- The poet and the reader || short story by @02879c7d869
Don’t ask me how this short story flew under the radar. It’s probably because the stacker is new, and the nym is tough to pronounce. The real @nym, however, recognized the quality. Give it a read. It is now permanently included in the index.
Writing Contests
Stackers’ Blogs
My 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
- @realBitcoinDog Bitcoin Story - No, social media had nothing to do with it xD by @realBitcoinDog
Book Clubs
Books
- 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 Reviews
- The Mandibles by Lionel Shirver by @21futures
- Book Review | Catcher in the Rye - Better the second go around as an adult by @realBitcoinDog
- Book Review | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by @carlosfandango
- Book Review | Black Coffee Blues by Henry Rollins by @carlosfandango
- The Underground Man by Dostoevsky by @Nadia
- Emil Cioran: 'The Fall into Time ("Sturz in die Zeit" in German) by @TomK
- Book Review: The Book of Elsewhere, by China Mieville and Keanu Reeves by @jurraca
- A Journey Through Emiko Jean's The Return of Ellie Black by @Melisa
- what i read, and wrapping up in july: by @speakingyourtruth
- Book Review: Nothing Like The Movies by Lynn Painter by @speakingyourtruth
- The Mandibles: A Review by @jimmysong
- Self-Reliance by Emerson by @ek
- Book - The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage (1998) by @Signal312
- Review: The Righteous Mind by @Undisciplined
- Book Review: Sliced Americana by @jbschirtzinger
- Saboteurs: How Secret, Deep State Occultists Are Manipulating American Society by @jbschirtzinger
- The New Manners and Customs of Bible Times by @jbschirtzinger
- Book Review: Q By Luther Blisset by @jbschirtzinger
- Book Review | “The Happiness Project” and “Happier at Home” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Self-Motivated Kid” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “101 ways to bring out the best in your children & yourself” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Art of Possibility” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Daily Dad” by Ryan Holiday by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Art of Possibility” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Wonder Doodles” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Sompo Guide Tokyo” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Peak” by @cryotosensei
- Book Reviews Directory #2
- Book Reviews Directory 11/23-3/24
Bitcoin Academic Articles
Movie & 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
Essays
- Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche by @jurraca
- Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
Poetry
- Poetry:unresolved between a thai lad and I 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 Stories
- 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
Very useful roundup. Thanks.
Thanks
Thanks for the repost! If anyone hasn't read any of my reviews, I suggest this one is one to catch! The book is odd for many noted reasons...
Thanks for mentioning me. Speaking of book clubs, I wish @Se7enZ could come back n resume his book club. I miss the discussions on Stoic philosophy
Yes, @cryotosensei -- been away recently, but I have a stack of books next to me I've been itching to get into, and some more on the wishlist. I don't know if I have the same ambition to to do a full-fledged book club, but perhaps come back slowly with some more reviews.
I feel like if I start a project in public, especially regarding something like Stoic philosophy, I better damn well finish it ;)
Thanks for thinking of me, BTW, and calling me out with a reminder.
So happy to read your message before my bedtime! I await your book reviews xP I’m sure they will be top notch. Hey no pressure 😁
I like Stoicism
I agree. It was great. I think the problem was that the readers needed to make a commitment of time and effort that ordinary stackers here are not willing to make. I own the territory, AND I'm interested in stoic philosophy, but I still didn't find the time to give it the attention it deserved. I fear the same thing is going on with your Shakespeare Book Club.
It’s okay! Writing is its own reward
Thank you for highlighting my Bitcoin story! Did I only just post that this week? 😅
Feels like a lifetime ago! My sense of time right now is wild!
Elizabeth Gilbert famously said, “The days are long, but the years are short.” 😱
Makes me think of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? “The hours are good, but the minutes are long.” Talking about his fiat job 🤣🤣
nice, i made a leaderboard!