On December 20 2012 08:19 TheTrees wrote:
Being in law school I never thought I would casually read again....then I got the new kindle.
Currently reading:
LOTR 1, Band of Brothers, Catch me if you can, and a book on meditation.
Looking for some beginner books on psychology or the economy if anyone has some suggestions.
Fooled by Randomness by Taleb
(psychology + economy)
or Antifragility by Taleb
(psychology + economy)
they are easy reading
Can't right-headedly recommend any other book on economics or social science to anyone until they've read these.. for context..with the exception of:
Thinking Fast & Slow - easy reading essential psychology. basically a well-woven summary of tons of different experiments and the general concepts that have been developed in regards to the data gained via the experiments discussed
It presents a lot of the questions and scenarios of the experiments to the reader as you go through the book. Its very entertaining.
hundreds of historical anecdotes about mass-delusions and such (ie stories about everything from the East Indian Trading Company, to the alchemists of the middle ages. Euro-centric book)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds by Mackay
"a book on popular folly" -wiki
Thanks for the recommendations. Are those economy books good for beginners?
On March 20 2013 05:43 cariadon wrote:
Have you read it yourself M. ?
Thinking fast and slow i wouldn't consider easy reading for someone who's native language isn't English. I find myself looking up words pretty often.
I had to look up words the first 50 pages as well, but then i kinda stopped, I think it kinda went okay from there, words like heuristic and stuff like that
Fuck I wanna start reading again so bad, not sure if books suit me though, a lot of them are made of shitty paper and I'm kinda allergic to it, to those who read on ipads/kindles, how good is it and is it basically the same as reading from a book?
On March 21 2013 10:27 locoo wrote:
Fuck I wanna start reading again so bad, not sure if books suit me though, a lot of them are made of shitty paper and I'm kinda allergic to it, to those who read on ipads/kindles, how good is it and is it basically the same as reading from a book?
Reading on a tablet has a lot of advantages, for example, with the Kindle App you open a book and you pick up immediately on the last paragraph you were on, you always know the porcentage of the book that you have read, a big part of the best books ever written don't have copyright anymore so you can legally download them for free.
I still like to buy physical books but yea digital is the future, the only thing that maybe is a turn off is that the screens in some tablets are really bright, I don't know about other apps but in the Kindle App there's an option to make the screen darker.
Also to contribute to the thread the last 3 books that I read and liked a lot:
Simulacra and Simulation - Jean Baudrillard
The Nibelungenlied - Anonymous?
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky
On March 21 2013 10:27 locoo wrote:
Fuck I wanna start reading again so bad, not sure if books suit me though, a lot of them are made of shitty paper and I'm kinda allergic to it, to those who read on ipads/kindles, how good is it and is it basically the same as reading from a book?
I feel more stressed and anxious reading on an ipad, I prefer to read books on the kindle, it's more comfortable than books too I think.
Also try not to judge the second book by it's endorsement from a mass murderer.
