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The bookstore I’m at asks customers to write literary quotes that changed them. And this is mine.
“I liked my books and clouds and sunsets.”
“I liked my books and clouds and sunsets.”
A little wisdom for Wednesday, courtesy of Seneca:
just got my copy of @danielletrussoni’s new book: The Puzzle Box! congrats on the release 🥳
the cover is beautiful and I’m excited to read it!
the cover is beautiful and I’m excited to read it!
If you're planning to get a puppy, I highly recommend to read this book
Another good one
a gigasecond is 31 years —accelerando
Today's reading: still on Braudel's Civilisation and Capitalism Vol. 1. Worked through the penultimate chapter on money—its primitive forms, its scattershot spread and adoption, its material characteristics, its liquidity and motion, and its abstract (e.g credit) and literal forms (e.g. coin).
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/civilization-and-capitalism-15th-18th-century-vol-i/paper
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/civilization-and-capitalism-15th-18th-century-vol-i/paper
Started reading The Road to Unfreedom:
“…Trump’s own reaction to Zelens’kyi’s election in 2019 was telling. He stopped weapons shipments to Ukraine in order to force the new president to help him in his own election campaign. When this came to light, Trump was impeached for the first time. Aware that he was likely to lose in 2020, Trump began to prepare the way, that summer, for an attempted coup (as I argued at the time). Trump’s greatest gift to his patron Putin was his attempt to stay in power even after he was decisively defeated by Joe Biden. Russian propaganda was overjoyed by the images of Americans on January 6, 2020, invading their own legislature in the attempt to overthrow the American constitutional regime. It set a precedent for the use of violence to overthrow democracy that Putin followed in 2022.”
“…Trump’s own reaction to Zelens’kyi’s election in 2019 was telling. He stopped weapons shipments to Ukraine in order to force the new president to help him in his own election campaign. When this came to light, Trump was impeached for the first time. Aware that he was likely to lose in 2020, Trump began to prepare the way, that summer, for an attempted coup (as I argued at the time). Trump’s greatest gift to his patron Putin was his attempt to stay in power even after he was decisively defeated by Joe Biden. Russian propaganda was overjoyed by the images of Americans on January 6, 2020, invading their own legislature in the attempt to overthrow the American constitutional regime. It set a precedent for the use of violence to overthrow democracy that Putin followed in 2022.”
Plot twist
Just finished this
The mother of all heroes journeys
Predates The Iliad, The Odyssey
The mother of all heroes journeys
Predates The Iliad, The Odyssey
"Bloom where you are planted, then spread your wings and fly."
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First chapter of 'Finite and Infinite Games' felt so familiar. It feels like I have heard variations of it from so many different people. 'Life is a Game' is such a common phrase. But first chapter talked about the rules in detail (some times overexplained). It felt like a conversation with a fully baked friend. Love it ❤️
Legacy thinking: “Small teams (fewer than four members) are not teams. Teams with fewer than four individuals are a sufficiently leaky abstraction that they function indistinguishably from individuals.” - ‘An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management’
the short stories in this collection were honestly a bit hit or miss, except for one — Poker Night — that’s probably my favorite piece of writing on the absurdity of aging and dying that i’ve ever come across
From Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman:
"Focus is the ability to resist the endless distractions we face every day. When we can direct our minds toward a particular task or goal, we actually separate ourselves from the multitude of noises, thoughts, and anxieties around us. This ability allows us to access the deepest layers of our minds and creativity."
"Focus is the ability to resist the endless distractions we face every day. When we can direct our minds toward a particular task or goal, we actually separate ourselves from the multitude of noises, thoughts, and anxieties around us. This ability allows us to access the deepest layers of our minds and creativity."
Now reading the revenge of the analog by David Sax.
Written pre-Covid but it appears the underlying trends persist. Where people crave the haptic experience of the real thing.
So far that they even buy vinyls without having a record player. 😂
Written pre-Covid but it appears the underlying trends persist. Where people crave the haptic experience of the real thing.
So far that they even buy vinyls without having a record player. 😂
Today's reading: more of Braudel's Civilisation and Capitalism. Read about the intro of paper and the printing press, the development of ocean navigation, and the varying states of land and water transport.
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/civilization-and-capitalism-15th-18th-century-vol-i/paper
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/civilization-and-capitalism-15th-18th-century-vol-i/paper
reading Chip War now
its striking how chips have been at the center of geopolitics since the beginning
US v Russia
US v Japan
US v China
US has faded in and out of manufacturing dominance in different eras but theres always been a strong industry push for govt support
its striking how chips have been at the center of geopolitics since the beginning
US v Russia
US v Japan
US v China
US has faded in and out of manufacturing dominance in different eras but theres always been a strong industry push for govt support
The Idiot, Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Some Quotes I like :
"It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise."
“Oh I've plenty of time, my time is entirely my own.”
“I want to talk about everything with at least one person as I talk about things with myself.”
“I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both suffer.”
Some Quotes I like :
"It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise."
“Oh I've plenty of time, my time is entirely my own.”
“I want to talk about everything with at least one person as I talk about things with myself.”
“I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both suffer.”
Neal Stephenson’s gonna be in Iowa… I could hardly buy tickets fast enough