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The classic Clean Code by Robert C. Martin <- probably won't learn much new, but worth it, just to let the concepts reenter your consciousness. The Secret War
by auganov 9y ago
The classic Clean Code by Robert C. Martin <- probably won't learn much new, but worth it, just to let the concepts reenter your consciousness.
The Secret War Against the Jews by John Loftus <- Changed the way I think about inner workings of the government. But at the same time, many claims are hard to verify.
The life changing magic of cleaning up by Marie Kondo <- not life changing but decent and a quick, 2-3 day read.
Nassim Taleb books, pretty sure everyone on here read it or plans to so, don't need my description.
Halfway through The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis at the moment, it's pretty good, a joint biography of Kahneman and Tversky (of the "Thinking, Fast and Slow", which I guess is another HN classic).
- tunap 9y ago"The life changing magic of cleaning up by Marie Kondo <- not life changing but decent and a quick, 2-3 day read." I found a similar title perusing the local library's stacks last year. Sort of a "zen of cleaning" that goes way beyond merely cleaning your sailboat... Quick & Easy Boat Maintenance: 1001 Time-Saving Tips https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1179767.Quick_and_Easy_Boat_Maintenance https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1179767.Quick_and_Easy_B...
- _jdams 9y agoMarie Kondo's other book Spark Joy is great too
- observation 9y agoI'm enjoying "Home Comforts". It's a scientific look at cleaning your house, it's great :-)
- AJRF 9y agoI've looked at hours of interviews and all his YouTube videos, and I am entirely convinced Nassim Taleb is absolutely nonsensical. He rambles and groans and heaves around a point in such a convoluted fashion I couldn't bear to finish one of his books. I find it hard to justify the love he gets.
- dx034 9y agoI agree. The idea for his first book was good and he deserved some of the fame for it. But the rest doesn't really make sense and I haven't heard someone using his ideas for a while.