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Ask HN: What book would you recommend to your younger self?
- deathgrips 6y agoMaps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson. I've gone through several core belief changes in my life (religious, philosophical, interpersonal) and the book would have helped me understand what I was going through.
- omosubi 6y agoHow to win friends and influence people - It's mentioned here all the time but I think it would have helped get over some of my social anxiety in high school. Maybe this is particular to me but I get the sense that American society doesn't teach kids how to interact with others.
- medialucky20 6y agoI liked this book. Unfortunately it is not just American Society majority of the countries don't consider mental health of the young people.
- togusa2017 6y agoRead: Saga of the swamp things by Alan Moore It just blew my mind out of the park
- tugberkk 6y agoMarcus Aurelius - Meditations I really think this book should be read every day for at least 10 minutes.
- curiosweti 6y agoThe Growth Mindset. It just conveys a simple theory and if you keep it in the back of your mind, you won't be easily defeated when learning anything new.
- lki876 6y ago12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson
- kleer001 6y ago10 years ago - The Gulag Archipelago (Abridged) or One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich : Solzhenitsyn 20 years ago - Meditations : Marcus Aurelius 30 years ago - Zen Flesh Zen Bones : Paul Reps Any time: Anything by: Robert Sapolsky, John Gottman, Early Jonathan Lethem novels, Peter Clines, Margaret Atwood
- rawgabbit 6y agoSocratic Logic by Peter Kreeft. Mans Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl.
- rawgabbit 6y agoFrankl’s book reads conversationally but is very deep. He survived a Nazi concentration camp and analyzed the psychological response of the prisoners from shock, collusion, anger, resignation, love, and finally transcending suffering.