Miya (e)k qntm(r)en There Is No Antimemetics Division kritika egin du
An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties ; an idea which, by its intrinsic …
Interesting premise
4 izar
Got me hooked from the very first page.
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I can resist everything except temptation.
I read pretty much anything with a halfway interesting title, although mostly technical books about programming.
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Miya (e)k Kurt Vonnegut(r)en Cat's Cradle kritika egin du
Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic …
Thought provoking
5 izar
A very different style from the kind of books I usually read.
I definitely need to read more from this author.
Miya (e)k Frederick P. Brooks(r)en The Mythical Man-Month kritika egin du
Classic text on the human side of software engineering, containing essays on the management of …
Very insightful
5 izar
I think every software developer should read this.
Miya (e)k Aldous Huxley(r)en Brave New World kritika egin du
Brave New World is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English author Aldous Huxley, …
O Brave New World that has such people in it!
5 izar
I really enjoyed reading this book, the style of writing is such a delight. For example when everything starts speeding up, different scenes intertwined with each other, but in a way that you can still keep up with what is happening where.
The philosophical discussion towards the end was especially interesting. I don't think that anyone could ever be happy like that (even if conditioned).
As Mark Deck (TheClick) put it so nicely: Happiness is a progress.
Happiness [isn't] achieved and everlasting. Happiness [...] requires constant investment. It's like the curve of how life is currently tilting [...], do I feel like things are going in the right direction, am I improving myself [...]? [...] when you achieve a goal you will just look towards the next goal after that. There's always a thing after, so it's more about the journey as a whole [...] rather than the specific singular …
I really enjoyed reading this book, the style of writing is such a delight. For example when everything starts speeding up, different scenes intertwined with each other, but in a way that you can still keep up with what is happening where.
The philosophical discussion towards the end was especially interesting. I don't think that anyone could ever be happy like that (even if conditioned).
As Mark Deck (TheClick) put it so nicely: Happiness is a progress.
Happiness [isn't] achieved and everlasting. Happiness [...] requires constant investment. It's like the curve of how life is currently tilting [...], do I feel like things are going in the right direction, am I improving myself [...]? [...] when you achieve a goal you will just look towards the next goal after that. There's always a thing after, so it's more about the journey as a whole [...] rather than the specific singular achievement.
Or as Mark Manson put it:
Happiness comes from solving problems. The keyword here is "solving." If you're avoiding your problems or feel like you don't have any problems, then you're going to make yourself miserable. [...] To be happy we need something to solve. Happiness is therefore a form of action; it's an activity.
The people in Brave New World don't have anything to solve, no ambitions, no passion... how could they ever be happy?
Miya (e)k Dmitry Glukhovsky(r)en METRO 2035. English language edition. (METRO by Dmitry Glukhovsky) (Volume 3) kritika egin du
Metro 2035 (Russian: Метро 2035) is a 2015 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Russian author …
Can't stand the protagonist
3 izar
The book is full of grammatical mistakes, some sentences seem to have whole words missing. As for the story: Towards the end of the book it's just one plot twist after another. The protagonist keeps annoying me by repeating the same mistakes and not learning from them over and over again.
Miya (e)k Andreas Meier(r)en eBusiness & eCommerce kritika egin du
Short and to the point
3 izar
Short and to the point, covers a wide range of topics, but only superficially. Gives a good overview/introduction, then refers to many more profound resources.