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Written by l̸̹̍̀a̸̜͋̐͜k̴̼͗̽͆̈́ḛ̵͗̈́ͅ on 2024-12-31 at 03:22

it’s over for u bitches when i start reading theory (translation : i have recently acquired an ebook reader….. nonfiction book recs??)

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Written by paloma kop ⁂ on 2024-12-31 at 03:28

@lake dunno if any of these are "theory" (but maybe some are "theories"?)

the wisdom of insecurity - alan watts

the hidden life of trees - peter wohlleben

the brain that changes itself - norman doidge

thinking, fast and slow - daniel kahneman

how to do nothing - jenny odell

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Written by l̸̹̍̀a̸̜͋̐͜k̴̼͗̽͆̈́ḛ̵͗̈́ͅ on 2024-12-31 at 03:35

@palomakop oooh thank you (: i have never read any Alan watts, but I have been a big fan of his lectures for a long time !

ive gotten lots of recs for HTDN also, it’s on my list n feel like it would particularly hit since i grew up in the bay…

other ones i have not heard of but def will check out!

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Written by paloma kop ⁂ on 2024-12-31 at 04:18

@lake i went thru a phase of reading a lot about psychology/neuroscience a couple years ago, and two of those were ones that stuck with me from that. i think that all that thinking about thinking changed the way that i think.

the other main nonfiction rabbit hole i went down was reading a bunch of pop science books by brian greene.

i mostly read science fiction though, i'm currently neck deep in a series

soulseek has been a goldmine of epubs for me

• goes back to reading*

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Written by Bolo Lacertus on 2024-12-31 at 04:07

@lake You are not so smart of David McRaney (And, if you like that one, the rest he has published afterwards), The extended mind of Annie Murphy Paul and you can't go wrong diving into project Gutenberg library, starting by the classics.

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Written by ∴ a highly-entropic being ∴ on 2024-12-31 at 04:23

@lake one non-fiction book that i love to recommend people is "proofs and refutations" by imre lakatos. it's a book about the philosophy of mathematics but it's not too long and written in a really approachable style.

the ideas in it are broadly applicable imo.

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