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If y'all gonna hop in this thread with your favorite book it may be more convincing to write something more than just "it changed my life." Apparently Buddhism,
by komali2 6y ago
If y'all gonna hop in this thread with your favorite book it may be more convincing to write something more than just "it changed my life." Apparently Buddhism, stoicism, and the Rust programming language are all equally capable of changing a hackernews poster's life?
- camjohnson26 6y agoEvery book I ever read technically changed my life
- komali2 6y agoLol I guess. Perhaps we should just all link our Goodreads profiles at eachother? There's limited time in life. A thread like this would be fun if people said a bit about why a certain book is absolutely worth reading...
- silveira 6y agoThere were books that changed my life so little that I read them a second time because I forgot I read them the first time.
- RHSeeger 6y agoIf you take out the "equally" and read it more like "all 3 are capable of being being catalysts for dramatic change (presumably good) in someone's life", then I don't see how that's unreasonable. Philosophy books for what I would guess most people would say are obvious reasons; a programming book possibly for teaching a person to think differently about a thing they spend a large percentage of their life doing.
- komali2 6y agoYou're not wrong but why would I read a rust book instead of a php one, if I was an English teacher browsing this thread for "self help" book recommendations? That's kinda my point. I don't want to assume why someone liked a book, I'll probably get it wrong.