News Of The WeekNews Of The Week
Welcome to the Books And Articles newsletter. Thanks for all of the quality posts.
This was another good week. I’m happy to see that we’re still getting lots of quality content, although the sats totals may be lower. I guess 100k will do that.
I have three Siggy’s Suggestions this week, but there could have been more. So many good posts seem not to get the attention they deserve, but hopefully this newsletter provides some visibility.
Happy reading!
As always, please reply with suggestions and opinions on how to make this territory better.
Logo design by @plebpoet Link to last week’s newsletter: #788846
Top Posts Of The WeekTop Posts Of The Week
- Music Has No Economic Value; Convince Me Otherwise (TDE, Joakim Book) by @denlillaapan
- Reflections on the recent holiday by @plebpoet
- American Forests and the French Revolution by @kr
- Notable Privacy and Security Books 2024 by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
- In Sam Altman We Trust? by @0xbitcoiner
Siggy’s SuggestionsSiggy’s Suggestions
This post deserved far more attention than it got. I am very happy that @Bit_Alb chose to post this in our territory. Not only did I learn about a book from a famous author that I had never heard of before, but I got a window into life in Albania back in the 1960s and 1970s. I sincerely hope @Bit_Alb continues to educate us here on Stacker News.
Here is a very good book review by @21futures that should be of interest to all of us here on SN.
This is the first book review we have gotten from @Rothbardian_fanatic, and it’s a good one. Unfortunately it passed under the radar, probably because of all the bull market mania. I hope this is the first of many from this account.
Writing ContestsWriting Contests
Stackers’ BlogsStackers’ Blogs
My Bitcoin JourneyMy 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
- Bitcoin Story - No, social media had nothing to do with it xD by @realBitcoinDog
Book ClubsBook Clubs
- Stoic Book Club:Meditations by @Se7enZ
- Jordan Peterson SN Bookclub -- We Who Wrestle With God by @denlillaapan
BooksBooks
- 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 ReviewsBook Reviews
- FICTION PERSPECTIVE: A Lodging of Wayfaring Men by Paul Rosenberg by @21futures
- A relic by @Bit_Alb
- A review of David Brin’s “Earth” by @Rothbardian_fanatic
- book review - "Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by @stack_harder
- Forgotten Genius: A Maverick of Electrical Science by @cascdr
- Book Review, Nate Silver's On the Edge by @denlillaapan
- Book Review: The Inverse of Clown World (Knut Svanholm, Mises Institute) by @denlillaapan
- The Mandibles by Lionel Shirver by @21futures
- Book Review - True Names by Vernor Vinge 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
- Book review | ‘Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921’ by Anthony Beevor 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
- Book Review: The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks 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
- #665765 by @Undisciplined
- Book Review: Sliced Americana by @jbschirtzinger
- #675002 by @jbschirtzinger
- The New Manners and Customs of Bible Times by @jbschirtzinger
- Book Review: The Nixon Conspiracy by @jbschirtzinger
- Book Review: Q By Luther Blisset by @jbschirtzinger
- Book Review: Nuclear Transmutation--The Reality of Cold Fusion by @jbschirtzinger
- Book Review | “The Tools of Leadership” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | The Magic School Bus Expedition Down Under by @cryotosensei
- 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 Review: Trade-Off by @cryotosensei
- Book Reviews Directory #2
- Book Reviews Directory 11/23-3/24
Bitcoin Academic Articles & ReviewsBitcoin Academic Articles & Reviews
- Bitcoin Pricing, Adoption, and Usage: Theory and Evidence | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
- Minneapolis Fed Bitcoin Paper | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
- #745057 by @SimpleStacker
- Competition and trust in the private provision of money | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
Movie & Television ReviewsMovie & 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
- #734282 by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
EssaysEssays
- Prose piece | Running by @carlosfandango
- Prose piece | The storm by @carlosfandango
- Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche by @jurraca
- Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
PoetryPoetry
- Reflections on the recent holiday by @plebpoet
- internet feelings by @ek
- Sorelle by @Myshkin
- Autunno by @Myshkin
- #411278 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 StoriesShort Stories
- Short story | The motel by @carlosfandango
- 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
I love that my referral @21futures got a shoutout for his book review! #790012
I am reminded I need to read @grayruby bitcoin story #417967 before I record podcast with him
I’m desperate for @Undisciplined bitcoin story!!
Just read @grayruby's and then assume mine is similarly dramatic.
The real question is has Darth ever called you a shitcoiner? Or is he unaware of your deep dark past on Minds?
Omg wtf is Minds?
Should I be proud that @DarthCoin has never called me a shitcoiner? Just a statist because I voted?
It is some crypto version of SN for pseudo intellectuals except you get their shitcoin Minds token instead of sats. Never used it but I know the one who lacks discipline used it prior to SN and tried to recruit SN users from there to no avail.
Yes quite impressive you have yet to be called a shitcoiner. I think Darth called me a shitcoiner early on for posting about ETH even though I was trashing it. Haha
You stacked the deck on me a bit.
Minds was made as a free speech alternative to Twitter, before Stacker News existed.
Let’s not forget that I found Stacker News before either of you, so you can ride your high-horses right on out of here.
By one day. Haha
I didn’t say Minds didn’t have any value proposition. Just pointing out they had their own shitcoin.
Maybe SN will create their own shitcoin with taproot assets.
I found Stacker News before it was cool
As if being on SN makes you cool and not a total geek/nerd 🤣🤣
Been bitcoin only forever for me, but most likely to my detriment haha. I’m so late!
I don’t recall if Darth ever called me a “shitcoiner”. He may have once when I shared a Bitcoin University video that he didn’t approve of.
I never shilled for Minds on here, which probably saved me.
I cannot assume. After all he’s Canadian
Yes, I would like that bitcoin story too.
Here it is, then:
I got interested in bitcoin through the Ron Paul Revolution, attempted and failed to mine some, succame to Schiffian FUD. Years later, I found Stacker News and got set straight.
You could have dragged it out a little. Embellished here and there. Get the narrative arc going.
If that were true, I would have entered your contest. My Bitcoin journey was very boring.
How could you be fooled by charlatan Peter Schiff? How did u discover stacker news if u were a hater? How did SN convince u?
@Coinsreporter also said SN was his orange pill moment!
I never had anything against bitcoin, but I didn’t think bitcoin-like things could be scarce.
Narrator: they are.
Agreed!
I am very grateful to SN and especially to this territory. Some time ago I made my post about my Bitcoin journey thanks to a suggestion from @siggy47.
During this time I have been studying and learning a lot about Bitcoin and everything related to it, but I have also enjoyed the experience of teaching others in a nascent Bitcoin community in my locality.
If I wanted to publish the journey of that community on Stacker News, would this territory be the appropriate one to do so?