Be Here Now (1971/2012, read 2012) ($6, amazon.com link) Ram Dass After writing reports on Sam Harris’ Waking Up and Ekhart Toller’s The Power of Now, I see that this book is the same message mystics and philosophers have said for millennia. But I read it before my own “waking up” experience in 2013, … Read more
Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology, Johnjoe McFadden “Dig deeper and you will always find quantum mechanics lurking at the heart of our familiar reality.” Remember this. This is probably the most intellectually challenging book I’ve ever read, but it was worth it, and I’m as excited to review it … Read more
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex 2009, Mary Roach (Read 2012, Reviewed 2015/2017)($10-14, amazon.com link) “All good research—whether for science or for a book—is a form of obsession.” This was a good book on sex… but it was not a great book on sex. Perhaps I am too biased with the books I’ve read before … Read more
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It Kamal Ravikant, 2012 ($free-$5, amazon.com link) (Read 2012, Reviewed 2017) Nice short book. TF recommendation. Good to quickly read, but not much new for me, more “book porn” like much of what I was reading in late 2012. Good to review, if only for a few minutes, in 2017 … Read more
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell ($13, amazon.com link), 2006 (Read 2012, reviewed 2015/2017) Read this three years ago [five]. Indeed, the first highlight below sums it all up: the law of the few, the stickiness factor, and the power of context; although unfortunately I can’t exactly recall … Read more
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond ($10, amazon.com link) “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?” (Yali, a man from New Guinea) In other words (from above), “Why did human development proceed … Read more
Secrets of Power Negotiating 15th Anniversary Edition, Roger Dawson (2012, read 2013) “The art of conflict resolution is to get people off of their positions and focused back on their mutual interests.” This should be essential reviewing regularly, and before any type of negotiation, relating to job-searches/offers, apartments, houses, large items and appliances, vacations and … Read more
How to Make Someone Fall in Love With You in 90 Minutes or Less, Nicholas Boothman, 2009 (Read 2012) Not that there’s anything really wrong with it, but the title is quite a bit misleading – and considering everything I read in The Game, that’s a far more potent book. This book gave me the … Read more
The Truth about Carbs: How to Eat Just the Right Amount of Carbs to Slash Fat, Look Great Naked, & Live Lean Year-Round Nate Miyaki (2014, read 2015) Read this in January (2015) – simple eBook to make the author money, despite how much of its content might be good or not. There were … Read more
The Martian: A Novel, Andy Weir (2014, read 2015) LOG ENTRY: SOL 381 I’ve been thinking about laws on Mars. Yeah, I know, it’s a stupid thing to think about, but I have a lot of free time. There’s an international treaty saying no country can lay claim to anything that’s not on Earth. And … Read more