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- Fri Sep 27, 2019 5:21 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: The Adventures of Sally.
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The Adventures of Sally.
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:55 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: The Righteous Mind : Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion.
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The Righteous Mind : Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion.
An important work in understanding the divisions in our society and what we can do to bridge them
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:53 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Moral Thinking, Fast and Slow.
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Moral Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Mentions system III thinking, but I think that it more of a repackaging of system 2 thinking.
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:51 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Outliers : The Story of Success
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Outliers : The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell claims that the 10000 hours of practice applies to many areas of expertise. He is persuasive, but it's important to note that in many of examples the 10000 hours can't really be considered practice.
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:49 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: The Road to Excellence : The Acquisition of Expert Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports, and Games.
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The Road to Excellence : The Acquisition of Expert Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports, and Games.
Builds upon the idea that we need 10000 hours to achieve excellence. But does this mean that we have to have years of training before we can presume to contribute to a field of study?
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:46 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: In defense of Plato
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In defense of Plato
In this book Ronald B. Levinson responds to many of Karl Popper's criticisms of Plato in The Open Society and its Enemies.
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:45 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Two Cultures? The significance of C P Snow
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Two Cultures? The significance of C P Snow
This was supposedly a rebuttal to Snow's Two Cultures arguments. But it wasn't. It was mostly an attack on C. P. Snow himself, and then went on to defend literary culture from an attack Snow didn't make
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:43 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution.
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The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution.
How could the gulf between science and the arts be bridged
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:37 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Harry Potter : The Complete Collection.
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Harry Potter : The Complete Collection.
Rowling's bestselling series.
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:35 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever.
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Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever.
This book continues Kurzweil's ideas on how to live longer (rather than wishing for some future singularity) but it has got rather buried in the huge number of alternative medicine books