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# 17 Dec, 2013 20:41
Tommy-P	I love goin through these kinds of threads, just because I only really took up reading seriously after listening to all these varieties of podcasts, and how fascinated I was by all the varieties of topics discussed. Then you start compiling a list of books and authors to read and after a while I had a laundry list and its about finding the time to sit down and start reading them all, which is a bit easier for me now considering I just recently moved country and only have part time work atm. But I digress, the book that peaked my interest the most was Mastery by Robert Greene so I was stoked to see that daniele had him on the podcast. Like what has been said in previous posts, this book should be made essential reading to all high school kids. I also read chaos by james gleick recently after hearing Robert Sapolsky recommend it after one of his lectures (so interesting to read the similarities between how we come across these different works and by what means) which again peaked my interest in maths and how it can explain the world around us and taken to the extremes, leads to chaos. I am currently reading the Joy of x by Steven strogatz on the back of this interest in maths again. I also seem to jump across multiple books at once and what I can gleen from what im reading atm is that I am most interested by peoples views on how to live a life that you can look back on when you get older and smile about the adventures and experiences you had and to follow ideas that make you happy but can also teach you something. So with that, the books im reading atm are: . The perennial philosophy by Aldous Huxley . The art of seduction by Robert Greene . The great conversation by Norman melchert . Ideas and opinions by Albert Einstein . 4 hr chef by Tim Ferriss After these I am generally going for books about the brain and how it makes us who we are and shows us the reality we live in and philosophical books about different ways to view life and what is a good way to live. I have now found I am an information whore who realizes now how little I know but how much information is out there to learn. “Read not to contradict or confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider” - Francis Bacon quote

# 17 Dec, 2013 20:41

I love goin through these kinds of threads, just because I only really took up reading seriously after listening to all these varieties of podcasts, and how fascinated I was by all the varieties of topics discussed. Then you start compiling a list of books and authors to read and after a while I had a laundry list and its about finding the time to sit down and start reading them all, which is a bit easier for me now considering I just recently moved country and only have part time work atm. But I digress, the book that peaked my interest the most was Mastery by Robert Greene so I was stoked to see that daniele had him on the podcast. Like what has been said in previous posts, this book should be made essential reading to all high school kids. I also read chaos by james gleick recently after hearing Robert Sapolsky recommend it after one of his lectures (so interesting to read the similarities between how we come across these different works and by what means) which again peaked my interest in maths and how it can explain the world around us and taken to the extremes, leads to chaos. I am currently reading the Joy of x by Steven strogatz on the back of this interest in maths again. I also seem to jump across multiple books at once and what I can gleen from what im reading atm is that I am most interested by peoples views on how to live a life that you can look back on when you get older and smile about the adventures and experiences you had and to follow ideas that make you happy but can also teach you something. So with that, the books im reading atm are:
. The perennial philosophy by Aldous Huxley
. The art of seduction by Robert Greene
. The great conversation by Norman melchert
. Ideas and opinions by Albert Einstein
. 4 hr chef by Tim Ferriss
After these I am generally going for books about the brain and how it makes us who we are and shows us the reality we live in and philosophical books about different ways to view life and what is a good way to live. I have now found I am an information whore who realizes now how little I know but how much information is out there to learn.

“Read not to contradict or confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider”
- Francis Bacon

# 17 Dec, 2013 20:47
Tommy-P	“Reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or written. The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it, usually does not know what he thinks”. quote

# 17 Dec, 2013 20:52
Tommy-P	Sorry about the multiple posts of the same thing. Stupid lag time on the net and off a phone quote