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Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Behave by Robert Sapolsky (Determined is in queue)
And The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Are great books to understand how our brains are structured and our minds work. Our minds are really good at deceiving us about our level of self-knowledge and control.
Iโm currently reading Whatโs Our Problem? by Tim Urban, who writes the fantastic long-form blog โWaitbutwhy?โ this book seems like it is going to address these topics at a societal level. We will see how it goes, but I have the most respect in terms of subject matter expertise for Kahneman and Sapolsky of all these writers.
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I finally got around to reading the Three Body Problem because I want to watch the TV series (book first being my preference) and itโs one of the best sci fi books Iโve ever had the pleasure to read. Tour de force of imagination and endlessly creative, and plenty of legit science for any nerds out there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel)
Think it, be it.
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I was recommended this book recently as a lapsed reader of fantasy fiction. Just haven't got the time to commit to epic multiple part series' nowadays, and was looking for a standalone novel that can be read in a handful of sessions...
Got through the first 100 pages with my morning coffee(s) earlier, and am totally enraptured by it.
I was told to go into it completely blind (including avoiding the blurb) so I won't drop any details here, but if anyone is looking for an easy read with an incredible sense of mystery and philosophical poignancy, grab a copy!
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@mclaincausey said in Books:
I finally got around to reading the Three Body Problem because I want to watch the TV series (book first being my preference) and itโs one of the best sci fi books Iโve ever had the pleasure to read. Tour de force of imagination and endlessly creative, and plenty of legit science for any nerds out there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel)
Completed the trilogy and now I am having doubts about watching the series. Thereโs no way they can do it justice.
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@sabergirl thanks for the recommendation, I'll order a copy for when I'm done with Piranesi
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@sabergirl โฆ***non-***dystopian sci-fi, you say?
First Iโve heard of โsolarpunk.โ Color me interested.
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Itโs just such a beautiful book, @mclaincausey. Becky Chambers wrote another series of books loosely related by overlapping characters called the โWayfarerโsโ, which is also wonderful. I love her writing because it imagines a universe in which the majority of beings are trying to understand one another and coexist and find love. Such a contrast to our own world!
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@sabergirl said in Books:
imagines a universe in which the majority of beings are trying to understand one another and coexist and find love
so it's about the iron heart forum?
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Awwww well our little corner of the internet does strive for this, yes. ๐ฅฐ
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@sabergirl my rebuttal to misanthropy and the presumed inevitability of humanityโs state today is that it doesnโt have to be this way, and it became this way IMO by historical accident. Humans are not inherently flawed, we are just trapped in a civilization that is premised on some fundamentally flawed assumptions. And this flawed civilization was never an inevitability. There is some good archaeological and anthropological support for this summarized in books like โThe Dawn of Everythingโ by Graeber/Wengrow, and philosophical support in books like โIshmaelโ and โThe Story of Bโ by Daniel Quinn, to name but a few.
So even though I am misanthropic within the context of our civilization, I believe we are more than capable of peacefully exploring and colonizing at least the solar system if not the galaxy instead of dying out in silence on a rock as our current course is headed.
As much as I enjoy things like dystopian sci-fi and cosmic horror, Iโm excited to read something a bit more hopeful and positive. Thanks for the recommendation!
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This oughta be illuminating (
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@tody glad they clarified itโs Britainโs female Stephen King, whatever that means
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Again as with 3 Body Problem prompted by an adaptation to pull it forward in my backlog, read Dark Matter. This thing reads like a script and was entertaining and got through it very fast because it was hard to put down. Highly recommended for a quick kind of dark sci fi read as a suspense thriller without a lot of depth. I have more faith in the ability for a successful adaptation here than with 3 Body Problem.
