Miha Rekar
>Your personal experiences with money make up maybe 0.00000001% of what's happened in the world, but maybe 80% of how you think the world works.
I've highlighted so many things in this book that in order to convey it I'd probably recreate the whole book. It's not a long one. Go read it. You from the future will thank your current self. But here are some of my other favs to give you an idea:
>People who have control over their time tend to be happier in life.
>There is no reason to risk what you have and need for what you don't have and don't need.
>As I write this Warren Buffett's net worth is $84.5 billion. Of that, $84.2 billion was accumulated after his 50th birthday. $81.5 billion came after he qualified for Social Security, in his mid-60s.
>There's only one way to stay wealthy: some combination of frugality and paranoia.
>Humility, kindness, and empathy will bring you more respect than horsepower ever will.
>Savings can be created by spending less. You can spend less if you desire less. You will desire less if you care less about what others think of you.
>“Does this help me sleep at night?” is the best universal guidepost for all financial decisions.
I mean...right? Add it to your to-read. Seriously.
Merged review:
>Your personal experiences with money make up maybe 0.00000001% of what's happened in the world, but maybe 80% of how you think the world works.
I've highlighted so many things in this book that in order to convey it I'd probably recreate the whole book. It's not a long one. Go read it. You from the future will thank your current self. But here are some of my other favs to give you an idea:
>People who have control over their time tend to be happier in life.
>There is no reason to risk what you have and need for what you don't have and don't need.
>As I write this Warren Buffett's net worth is $84.5 billion. Of that, $84.2 billion was accumulated after his 50th birthday. $81.5 billion came after he qualified for Social Security, in his mid-60s.
>There's only one way to stay wealthy: some combination of frugality and paranoia.
>Humility, kindness, and empathy will bring you more respect than horsepower ever will.
>Savings can be created by spending less. You can spend less if you desire less. You will desire less if you care less about what others think of you.
>“Does this help me sleep at night?” is the best universal guidepost for all financial decisions.
I mean...right? Add it to your to-read. Seriously.
Merged review:
>Your personal experiences with money make up maybe 0.00000001% of what's happened in the world, but maybe 80% of how you think the world works.
I've highlighted so many things in this book that in order to convey it I'd probably recreate the whole book. It's not a long one. Go read it. You from the future will thank your current self. But here are some of my other favs to give you an idea:
>People who have control over their time tend to be happier in life.
>There is no reason to risk what you have and need for what you don't have and don't need.
>As I write this Warren Buffett's net worth is $84.5 billion. Of that, $84.2 billion was accumulated after his 50th birthday. $81.5 billion came after he qualified for Social Security, in his mid-60s.
>There's only one way to stay wealthy: some combination of frugality and paranoia.
>Humility, kindness, and empathy will bring you more respect than horsepower ever will.
>Savings can be created by spending less. You can spend less if you desire less. You will desire less if you care less about what others think of you.
>“Does this help me sleep at night?” is the best universal guidepost for all financial decisions.
I mean...right? Add it to your to-read. Seriously.
It is worse, much worse, thank you think.
That's how the book begins. It paints a much bleaker picture than How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates which I read before this one. It includes a lot of current scenarios and best-and-worst future prediction. All of which are very scary. It's as scary as any of the dystopian science fiction post-apocalyptic novel you'd ever read. The scariest part is that I don't think that's an alarmist view, but a realistic one. And it seems like not nearly enough people are aware or taking action.
The near future sketched in the first half of The Uninhabitable Earth is one of a planet tortured by epic wildfires, rising sea levels, megadroughts, famines, acidifying oceans, polluted air, and rising temperatures amidst which hundreds of millions of climate refugees wander a planet in the throes of collapsing economies and emerging conflicts. In short, Wallace-Wells would like you to know that, unless urgent action is undertaken to combat climate change, we are all royally fucked.
We've doubled the amount of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere in just the last 25 years. I'm like. I've remembered that entire time. I'm 33. The last 25 years is all me. That's all us. This wasn't something that just accumulated slowly since beginning of the industrial revolution.
Wow. What a story. David was there since before TV was a thing and he is now on Netflix. Essentially being there for the whole birth, rise, fall, and death of linear TV. And from day 1 he was providing amazing life on earth content. I can not recommend this book enough, and especially in audio form. Attenborough wrote it and narrated it. What more could you wish for. Spectacular.
An absolute must read. It's a short book but it's a hard one to digest. Not a huge fan of the final chapters on logotherapy, but the main story of this book. Wow. Do yourself a favor and read this. Seriously.
This is a very interesting book on a semi-broken father-daughter relationship. That said father was Steve Jobs is almost irrelevant but Lisa writes in such a beautiful way that this is a very easy recommendable book. Even if you have 0 interest in Steve.
Love the style this is written in. A very good guide for us, non native speakers, that wish to write longer prose.
Short. Simple. Clear. To the point. Absolutely recommend you read this if you want to understand why some habits stuck and some you just can't figure out.
Good book. A must read for every manager/team lead/owner. Sometimes it oversimplifies things in order to fit with the presented model but still it has some very good points on how to make and keep your team/company creative.
A very dry but accurate depiction of the internet era. Not much new if you followed/lived this era, but will be very useful for young/future generations and everyone not yet familiar with the history of the internet.
Can recommend if you have gotten an interest in this topic recently, but if you've been following this closely all your life, feel free to skip it.
Book packed with goodies. As always with DHH and Jason's books.
Enjoyed it a lot, will certainly re-read it many times.
It starts meh but then with each chapter it becomes better and better. I'd say it's a must read for everyone thinking about future and the role that humanity plays in it.
Amazing book and a great read regardless whether you're a (marathon) runner or not. Well written, loads of valuable life and running advice.
Recommended!
A nice story about how software development happens at Apple. Very limited to his experience but still insightful and an interesting listen.
The exact opposite of Not Taught that I read before this one.
Sustainable, profitable company of one is where it's at. Recommend if you're starting or thinking of starting a small business.
Drop everything you're doing and buy this book.
Make your 2019 NY resolution to read it.
It's incredible that academics know so much about sleep yet it is not common knowledge how harmful it really is to not get 8h/night.
Scientists have discovered a revolutionary new treatment that makes you live longer. It enhances your memory and makes you more creative. It makes you look more attractive. It keeps you slim and lowers food cravings. It protects you from cancer and dementia. It wards off colds and the flu. It lowers your risk of heart attacks and stroke, not to mention diabetes. You'll even feel happier, less depressed, and less anxious. Are you interested?
It's called 8h of sleep.
I tried. I really tried. It's so bad. The author is all over the place. And there seems to be 0 valuable content. And what's with all the bumper stickers?
My mind was already changed to the point where I believed that psychedelics are an incredible class of drugs that we should be exploring much much more. But Michael really takes you by his hand detailing his experience from 0 to convert. From skeptic, to interested person, to convict.
The book is divided into three main sections. The first is a history of research in the (mostly psychiatric) use of psychedelics. The third part is a look at current research into the ways these molecules actually affect the brain. The middle section is Pollan's recounting of some of his experiences using these molecules, though I wouldn't describe this as treating the reader to his high. Rather, he tries to put into words what he experienced, and his point here is how that changed him from an open-minded, atheist skeptic into a even more open-minded revisionist of materialist views of the world. Where once he saw an opposition, as he says, between “spiritual” and “materialist,” he now views the opposition as between spiritual and egotistical. As difficult as it is for members of such a stridently individualist culture to grasp, Pollan now argues that that is the source of some of our most critical health care issues, e.g., addiction and depression.
If you're new to the world of psychedelics or if you're already a believer, this book is for you. I guarantee you'll learn a lot.
I read this after liking her last book Quit. Gotta say, the writting improved a lot, because I much preferred the way Quit was written.
This is a good book, but it could be narrowed down to a couple of pages. The main point is simply that life is like poker, not like chess. This makes it unpredictable, and we should be thinking in probabilities certain events will happen and base our decisions on those numbers. They can still go the other way, but this way we'll be confident in ourselves that we looked at all the possibilities and decideded on the best outcome for us based on the information we had at the time.
She provides some practical strategies for separating outcome quality from decision quality, identifying and overcoming cognitive biases, and embracing a mindset of learning from our experiences. Ultimately, “Thinking in Bets” teaches readers how to become more rational and effective decision-makers in both personal and professional contexts.
My review of this will resemble that of Antifragile a lot. Seems like I have a love/hate reader relation with Taleb. On some things I absolutely agree, on the others I couldn't disagree more. I think it's a book you should read. But don't go about following it to the letter. Again I found it very funny how he accuses researchers cherry-picking cases to make examples and hand waving things that don't fit the narrative away when he's doing the exact same thing. Everyone he dislikes is an IYI or semi-intellectual. There's no space for gray in his world, only black-and-white. I simply can't endorse that kind of viewpoint.
I already adored the work by Kahneman and Tversky and this book is a nice behind the scenes exploration.
The book is completely backwards in many ways but mostly in not recognizing remote work can be a positive, not a detriment.
Stopped reading 10% in.
The writing is really poor and all I, I, I, really dry and lifeless. No bigger picture. I gave it a pass for the intro but 1/3 of the book in it got no better so I gave up.
60 pages of distilled philosophy. You can read it in 30 mins. And then read it again. And again. 1900 years old knowledge but repacked in modern English. Can not recommend it enough.
An absolute must read. Hans' TEDs were always educational and entertaining but this book takes it on next level. Can not recommend it enough!