Tag: reading
14 posts tagged "reading".
The deliberate practice of taking in books and long-form writing — not as a chore but as one of the highest-leverage ways to borrow other minds. Done well it compounds: wide reading builds the latticework of mental models that Charlie Munger credited for much of his judgement, and it is the raw input for serious knowledge management and original writing. It spans non-fiction and fiction alike: novels, stories, and poetry are treated here not as escapism but as a serious technology for understanding minds and morals — where philosophy states a principle, fiction lets you live inside it — with recurring touchstones in Cormac McCarthy, David Foster Wallace, and the essayist-novelist Alain de Botton. The richest payoff comes from quake books that rearrange your worldview, which is why good book recommendations are so prized. Reading is also a form of serendipity engineering — you cannot predict in advance which page will change your life.
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Cormac McCarthy's Metaphysical Horror Show
In this last-ditch diptych, your crusty 89-year-old literary grandaddy completely changes tack, holding forth on the biggest philosophical and scientific questions of our age.
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The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2023-2024
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS since I did one of these roundups, during which time book club has really lifted my reading game, and so the pool of contenders has a lot of depth this year.
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Bro, Do You Even Lit? Why I Switched to Reading Fiction
Almost all my adult life I've been an infovore obsessed with hoovering up all the knowledge.
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The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2022
I read exactly one generalist nonfiction book all year, and fell in love with the short story instead. Here are my favourite reads.
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The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2020
Over the last couple of years, my reading time has mostly been chewed up by research for my own book.
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Notes on Note Taking: How to Read a Book
At the risk of offending my favourite productivity pornographers, most of what is written about note taking spectacularly misses the point.
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The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2019
Of all the books I read this year - curated by Deep Dish readers and other people of impeccable taste - these are the cream of the crop.
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Tips For Reading 100+ Books a Year
After much trial-and-error, here are my 10 guiding principles for reading 100+ books a year. Number 7 will make you do an involuntary wee!
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Quake Books That Shake Up Your Brain
Gray matter lurches and heaves, while my few remaining brain cells huddle under the kitchen table. When the tremors finally stop, nothing looks the same.
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The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2017
It’s been another self-indulgent year of funemployment, which means I’ve had time to read to my heart's content. Here's the best of the best.
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The 100 Books Challenge (A Love Letter to Reading)
Reading books is the single most powerful way to improve your life, which is why I'm taking on the 100 books challenge - and why you should join me.
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The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2016
I knocked 65 books off my reading list this year. Most of them were great, but I've picked out the absolute crème de la crème to recommend to you.
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The Optionality Approach to Getting Lucky
What is optionality? My favourite tool for finding juicy asymmetries between risk and reward, and creating your own luck.
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The Best Things in Life Really Are Free
Free and cheap activities are just as fun as their spendy alternatives, and might even accidentally make you a better human being in the process.
