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Offline Sniping

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Books that have changed your perspective
« on: Mon, 16 November 2020, 13:49:25 »
Let's talk about it. I finally got around to reading When Breath Becomes Air this year, and read through some of Atomic Habits recently. What are some texts that have given you some food for thought? Not limited to books.
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Re: Books that have changed your perspective
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 16 November 2020, 14:08:37 »
Prevent and Reverse Heart disease, Caldwell Esselstyn
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Re: Books that have changed your perspective
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 16 November 2020, 14:43:02 »
reading is for nerds
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Re: Books that have changed your perspective
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 16 November 2020, 16:54:51 »
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

Offline Grandfunk

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Re: Books that have changed your perspective
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 16 November 2020, 16:59:25 »
A language older than words. Heavy but really good, quasi spiritual, look at nature and our place in it.

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Offline jamster

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Re: Books that have changed your perspective
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 17 November 2020, 01:03:44 »
These are old, but classics:
Fast Food Nation
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Quote from: noisyturtle on Mon, 16 November 2020, 14:43:02
reading is for nerds

Whereas typing and obsessing about keyboards is clearly for the cool kids :)
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Offline iri

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Re: Books that have changed your perspective
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 17 November 2020, 03:33:08 »
War And Peace
The Moment Of Truth (by Bogomolov)
The Ladder of Divine Ascent
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(...)Whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I'd combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both. They both want to control you. The first group, by making you do the same thing over and over again. The second group is indicated by the letters I get from the Vassar girls who want me to put more women's lib in The Martian Chronicles, or from blacks who want more black people in Dandelion Wine.
I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is b.s.
-Ray Bradbury

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Re: Books that have changed your perspective
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 17 November 2020, 08:56:45 »
The War of Art
UnF*ck Yourself: Get out of your head and into your Life
Brave New World
1984
Most of what I've been reading lately is Star Wars fan fiction and Destiny lore to get my head out of current events.  Also love reading alot of the Forgotten Realms books (read 94% of the Drzzit's series).
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Re: Books that have changed your perspective
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 17 November 2020, 11:21:15 »
job : a comedy of justice.


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Offline Dongulator

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Re: Books that have changed your perspective
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 17 November 2020, 11:35:43 »
Beyond Freedom & Dignity
By: B.F. Skinner
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Re: Books that have changed your perspective
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 19 November 2020, 15:05:30 »
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang really helped me solidify some of my critiques of neoliberalism.
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Offline AllisonSharp

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Re: Books that have changed your perspective
« Reply #11 on: Fri, 20 November 2020, 05:31:41 »
Hello,
I may not be too original in this matter, but for me the turning books were:
-The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
-The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
-Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
For some reason, these are the main three books in my life, the ones that shaped my mindset :thumb:.
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