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Tag Archives: books
The Love Of Reading
My most memorable reading happened on my bed in my parent’s room- I had a little table lamp of sorts that I’d put on the floor- it was the sort that could be moved around. I’d lie in bed with … Continue reading
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers is essentially a description of the ecology behind success. Gladwell points out, rightly, that it’s impossible to explain or understand the height of an exceptionally tall tree without also studying the forest which it grows in. “What … Continue reading
Why self-help books never work, and what you should do about it.
I have a lot of self-help books. It used to be a bit of an obsession. I’m pretty sure I have at least 10-20 of them lying around in my mountain of books at home. Pretty much all of them … Continue reading
Thoughts- books, knowledge, assimilation, repetition, philosophy
Okay, thoughts in my head, just got home after work and a haircut, might as well blurt it out before distracting myself with anything else! I think it’s very important to re-read books. I think it’s very difficult if not … Continue reading
Recommended Reading: The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
Synopsis The book contains ten chapters. The first few build a case that there is almost certainly no God, while the rest discuss religion and morality. In dedicating the book to his late friend Douglas Adams, Dawkins quotes Adams’ Last … Continue reading
