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BTW, going through that list, I see why I love the HN crowd. 70 % of those books I’ve read myself, and did so before coming to HN. There must be some strong per
by leobg 5y ago
BTW, going through that list, I see why I love the HN crowd. 70 % of those books I’ve read myself, and did so before coming to HN. There must be some strong personality type filtering going on.
- cinntaile 5y agoThere's a strange error in there. The Art of War by Sun Tzu is listed twice, why is that? Since it finds the right book and author?
- reducesuffering 5y agoI think it's been quite obvious there's some personality type filtering going on, as with most online communities. I'm quite curious how it'd be quantified. Surely software engineers, startup founder, ADHD, INTJ, and Meyers-Briggs-is-bogus types are overrepresented. Might tell us a bit more about ourselves...
- konschubert 5y agoThe top book, "Thinking Fast and Slow" is full of experiments that are flat out false. https://replicationindex.com/category/thinking-fast-and-slow/ https://replicationindex.com/category/thinking-fast-and-slow...
- leobg 5y agoWell, minus that one. If it trends on Blinkist, better to skip it.