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Books recommended on hn are almost always books that are "useful" in the spirit of productivity and all that. Not that it's wrong, but it feels heavily tilting
by crossroadsguy 2y ago
Books recommended on hn are almost always books that are "useful" in the spirit of productivity and all that. Not that it's wrong, but it feels heavily tilting towards monotony i.e just one kind of books, sort of.
- creer 2y agoIf you look for it, there is quite a bit of science fiction, history (okay, often of science and tech), economics, etc on HN.
- StefanBatory 2y agoUltimately those books are the best. Fiction books don't have much of value, as does the rest of entertainment. If you can lean - you could study instead or work instead. And there's always going to be someone who does who will kick you from your job.
- a-french-anon 2y agoAre you for real? I mean, it's fine if your dream life is that of an ant worker where art has no place, but don't think for a single second you're the sane one.
- patates 2y agoNot the person you are replying to but I highly suspect it was sarcasm. A caricature of a stereotypical HN-way of thinking.
- a-french-anon 2y agoIf that's the case, my bad then, my sarcasm detector might need some more fine-tuning.