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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 3/22/2021 2:13:07 PM

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" Beyond order , 12 more rules for life " Jordan B. Peterson. By FAR my #1 lecturer and author. He had a huge health problem just a few weeks ago and it seems he is getting better. One of the smartest people I have ever heard and read.

It's interesting how my infrequent visits to the forum often lead to meaningful interactions with you Eduardo. I just started his 12 Rules for Life book this weekend and am really liking it so far.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 3/22/2021 2:36:33 PM

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"All Quiet on the Western Front" - Erich Maria Remarque

Trying to cycle through some "classics" into the reading regimen.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 3/22/2021 3:16:12 PM

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The Stand - the actual book.

I have the original hardback from when it came out. Bought it again when he released the unabridged version. Very hefty!

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 3/22/2021 3:36:38 PM

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"The Sympathizer" by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Really excellent (I am almost but not yet done with the book). Strong character development of Vietnamese community just after the fall of Saigon -- mostly in US though also back in Vietnam and SE Asia. Both a bit of a mystery/spy book, but this description does not do the book justice. A very complex story of loyalty, friends/family, betrayal, and how these are all structured by institutional and other forces outside of the control of an individual. I am looking forward to reading the sequel, which was just published.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 3/22/2021 4:07:53 PM

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Great read by Ambrose

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If you are still interested in the subject, I would highly recommend the book "Neptune" by Craig L. Symonds...for that matter, I'd highly recommend ANYTHING by Symonds, who if I recollect correctly is a professor at the US Naval Academy now. I typically listen to Audio Books and the Audible versions of both Neptune and his book "Battle of Midway" are some of the best documentary books I've ever read/listened to. So much great detail...

Thanks Hollowine, will check them out

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 3/22/2021 7:27:12 PM

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" Beyond order , 12 more rules for life " Jordan B. Peterson. By FAR my #1 lecturer and author. He had a huge health problem just a few weeks ago and it seems he is getting better. One of the smartest people I have ever heard and read.

It's interesting how my infrequent visits to the forum often lead to meaningful interactions with you Eduardo. I just started his 12 Rules for Life book this weekend and am really liking it so far.

I am happy to read that !!!

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 4/21/2021 3:41:18 PM

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How to Change Your Mind
by Michael Pollan

I really enjoyed this book. While I have no first hand knowledge of the subject matter, as someone with a science background (and also a person who strives to better understand the nature/nurture/chemistry aspect of my existence) I found the research and potential therapeutic benefits to be compelling and very interesting.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 4/21/2021 3:43:34 PM

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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding

Kill the Pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 4/21/2021 8:17:13 PM

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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding

Kill the Pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.

Eat bacon.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 4/22/2021 9:50:57 AM

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Loved this 60 Minutes story regarding some teenagers from Tonga, who were shipwrecked on a deserted island. Their experience totally debunks the “Lord Of The Flies” effect.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-deserted-island-south-pacific-survivors-60-minutes-2021-04-04/

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 4/22/2021 3:13:22 PM

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I just started reading World Travel by Bourdain & his assistant.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 4/22/2021 5:10:54 PM

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Loved this 60 Minutes story regarding some teenagers from Tonga, who were shipwrecked on a deserted island. Their experience totally debunks the “Lord Of The Flies” effect.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-deserted-island-south-pacific-survivors-60-minutes-2021-04-04/

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Fascinating.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 7/16/2021 8:36:02 AM

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Rescued from page infinity.

Just finished reading "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig. I enjoyed it. Quick and easy read.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 7/16/2021 8:51:09 AM

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After watching the CNN series on Hemingway, I have read A Moveable Feast, For Whom The Bell Tolls and now reading The Old Man and the Sea. All which I never read in school.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 7/16/2021 11:35:40 AM

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After watching the CNN series on Hemingway, I have read A Moveable Feast, For Whom The Bell Tolls and now reading The Old Man and the Sea. All which I never read in school.

Very nice. The Old Man and the Sea was my first Hemingway book.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 7/16/2021 1:05:06 PM

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I read Piranesi by Susanna Clarke over the summer break we took a couple weeks ago and enjoyed it quite a bit.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/25/2021 9:42:30 AM

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I ordered The Courage to Act by Ben Bernanke as I was reading about what FDR did for the economy during the depression and WWII so I'm curious about whatever Bernanke did behind the scenes or what was not reported during the 2008 fiasco.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 8/25/2021 10:58:29 AM

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 10/27/2021 1:29:21 PM

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Just ordered D-Day by Stephen E. Ambrose that was recommended here. For hating and almost failing American History in high school I have enjoyed books and documentaries on WWII as I'm older and also thinking about my Dad who was in the North African and Italian campaigns during the war.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 10/27/2021 2:46:58 PM

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Just ordered D-Day by Stephen E. Ambrose that was recommended here. For hating and almost failing American History in high school I have enjoyed books and documentaries on WWII as I'm older and also thinking about my Dad who was in the North African and Italian campaigns during the war.

Ambrose is good, but I think Neptune (D-day invasion) and The Battle of Midway by Craig L Symonds are far and away some of the best writing and historical account I've ever read. I did the AudioBooks from Audible and they were superb. Symonds has teaching credentials at US Naval Academy (Chairman of History Department) and the US Naval War College.

Encourage anyone who likes WWII history to read both of these, I had no idea some of the details of the war in the Pacific until I read the above Midway book.

Edit: sorry above is redundant, didn't realize my post about Symonds was at the top of this page...

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 10/27/2021 5:14:22 PM

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A Man on the Moon, The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts, by Andrew Chaikin. I read the incredible Folio Society edition, with lots of amazing photographs.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 1/14/2022 1:23:30 PM

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Completely enjoyed Stephen Ambrose's book and now I'm reading Foot Trodden: Portugal and the Wines That Time Forgot by Simon Woolf & Ryan Opaz. Xmas gift from wifey.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 1/15/2022 8:50:49 AM

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Loved this 60 Minutes story regarding some teenagers from Tonga, who were shipwrecked on a deserted island. Their experience totally debunks the “Lord Of The Flies” effect.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-deserted-island-south-pacific-survivors-60-minutes-2021-04-04/

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Yes. It fits our narrative of progress that primitive society should be savage. If you look at us as a species compared to other mammals, it is our cooperation and ability to form large communities that really stand out.

I read an interesting theory recently about why our brains are smaller than those of Neanderthals. Obviously brains consume an enormous amount of our energy budget, so they are costly. The idea is that by cooperation and specialization among a group, we were able to accomplish more with smaller brains. Distributed processing, so to speak. :-)

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 1/15/2022 8:58:42 AM

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On topic, our vegetarian son got me What a Fish Knows by Jonathan Balcombe. Fascinating.

It started out a bit preachy for me, but then settled down. It has not changed my diet, but has convinced me that humane treatment should apply equally well to fish as to cows or chickens.

The book clearly has an agenda, but wears it lightly. In any case, it is well-written, well-researched and for me at least was tremendously interesting.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 1/31/2022 1:58:40 PM

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 1/31/2022 5:01:43 PM

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Finished reading the book on Portuguese wine and starting reading Life with Picasso by Francoise Gilot

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 1/31/2022 5:08:03 PM

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I read an interesting theory recently about why our brains are smaller than those of Neanderthals. Obviously brains consume an enormous amount of our energy budget, so they are costly. The idea is that by cooperation and specialization among a group, we were able to accomplish more with smaller brains. Distributed processing, so to speak. :-)

My research is in distributed systems, so I like this, but honestly I doubt it. Newton and Einstein didn’t really make a lot of use of others. My guess is that our brains simply have a hardware upgrade and need less circuitry yet can do much more. Neanderthals were probably trapped on the old write-once, use-many-times style of DNA encoded software that couldn’t be field-upgraded (new code emerged only over many generations, very slowly) and was good at a few things, yet also very inflexible.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 1/31/2022 10:59:13 PM

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I read an interesting theory recently about why our brains are smaller than those of Neanderthals. Obviously brains consume an enormous amount of our energy budget, so they are costly. The idea is that by cooperation and specialization among a group, we were able to accomplish more with smaller brains. Distributed processing, so to speak. :-)

My research is in distributed systems, so I like this, but honestly I doubt it. Newton and Einstein didn’t really make a lot of use of others.

Perhaps you are a bit too bought into the self-made person narrative. There was a podcast about how nobody in existence today knows how to make a standard pencil from scratch: operate all the equipment to mine the carbon, fell the trees, mill the wood, assemble the pencil, run the stencil machine. Not to mention building the equipment to do all of those tasks.

Newton and Einstein used roads, ate meat that they didn't butcher and hopefully drank wine. Not to mention they were actually educated, using books, and learning concepts from people who went before them. One way to think about your statement is to ask whether a stone-age Newton could have invented calculus. By your viewpoint, it should have been no issue.

The most striking feature of humans compared to any other vertebrates is our extraordinary level of cooperation.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 2/9/2022 10:30:58 AM

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"Port and the Douro" by Richard Mayson.

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RE: NWR: I just read/am reading.... - 2/9/2022 1:37:17 PM

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Has anyone mentioned the classic
"I Drink Therefore I am" by Roger Scruton, philosopher, author, experienced wine drinker? Many of his quotes are worth the price of the book such as his description of aroma of Burgundy. For those who enjoy words written by an artist as well as observations by a lover of wine, order now.

Please note: Scruton is a conservative philosopher and author who writes of his life experiences decades and different dimensions ago. Life history is likely to offend the woke crowd.

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