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solitary mann

notes when i look through my references when i take photographs  it’s just to take a note of the moment that i see, kno

seth godin

CHOOSING COLOR: People desperately want to believe stories. Even if that story is just a few drops of ink on a plastic sheet.

notes from 4 hour body

Ginger & Sauerkraut for muscle experimentalists keep theoreticians honest- Michio Kaku Separation of expertise means both

Book Review: Best of Quora 2010-2012

I received this book in the mail as a part of my “Top Writer 2012” package (along with a sweet t-shirt). I only ju

Summary of Thinking, Fast and Slow

PART 1: TWO SYSTEMS 1: The Characters of the story (System 1 & 2) 2: Attention and Effort 3: The Lazy Controller 4: The As

On Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers

Outliers was the first Malcolm Gladwell book that I read and enjoyed from cover to cover. I believe the central idea of the bo

Thoughts on reading Mastery, by Robert Greene

I deeply enjoyed Robert Greene’s The 48 Laws of Power. It’s not like he’s saying anything new, but something

Ray Bradbury – The Martian Chronicles

I bought The Martian Chronicles at a library book sale. I’ve been to 3 sales so far. I believe I bought it in either th

Freakonomics

Freakonomics- Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner I first read Freakonomics when I was still in secondary school, and I t

Book Recommendation: Soul Made Flesh

Today’s Recommendation: Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain–and How it Changed the World It’s a fasc

goodreads

Saw a few reminders of things that I enjoyed reading. http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/05/17/some-more-thoughts-on-grad-school/

The Death And Life Of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs

I borrowed this one from a friend who’s interested in architecture. I didn’t completely appreciate it as I was fli

The Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb

This is one of those life-changers. It doesn’t work as a casual read, because it’s most likely going to challenge

Charlie Brown’s ‘Cyclopedia

I used to read a lot as a kid, though it never occurred to me that it was anything unusual. If I ever seem more intelligent th

The Book Project

Books have always been a huge part of my life. I haven’t always been reading, though- I read a lot as a child, and then

Books: 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 disc