(Part 3) Best biographies according to redditors
We found 39,726 Reddit comments discussing the best biographies. We ranked the 14,241 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
It's also worth noting certain Tesla biographies largely influenced the Oatmeal comic's slant. That is, the idea that Edison was a dick definitely predates the comic.
Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505237467&sr=8-1&keywords=great+again
Link to track "Movers & Shakers": https://www.amazon.com/gp/movers-and-shakers/books
SINCE POSTING, IT JUMPED TO #3 ON MOVERS AND SHAKERS, UP 15,000%
SPEZ: #BOOK JUST BROKE INTO THE TOP 100 (84)
In a rather different vein from a lot of the suggestions I'm seeing here, I want to plug Michael Herr's Dispatches as an incredible piece of Vietnam literature. There's also If I Die in a Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien.
If you're willing to consider graphic novels, check out Maus, Persepolis, and Laika.
If you're interested at all in vampires and folklore, I recommend Food for the Dead. Really interesting read.
A history-teacher friend of mine recently gave me The Lost City of Z by David Grann. I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, but it came highly recommended.
By the by, last year I required my students (high school seniors) to select and read a non-fiction book and gave them the following list of suggestions. Columbine was one of the really popular ones, and I had a bunch of kids (and a few teachers) recommending it to me, but, again, I haven't gotten to it yet.
It's from his biography. The exact quote is this:
> Our lawsuit is saying, "Google, you fucking ripped off the iPhone, wholesale ripped us off." Grand theft. I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go to thermonuclear war on this. They are scared to death, because they know they are guilty. Outside of Search, Google's products—Android, Google Docs—are shit.
I typed that up; any typos are mine. The quote dates from the filing of the original HTC lawsuit in 2010.
Edit: the number of times "what a douchebag" and similar have turned up in my inbox in response to this is vaguely distressing until I recall the context.
If you're a ballsy motherfucker
If you're a straight up troll
Dude, he did all kinds of shit. This general being perhaps the most famous. He also saved a whole bunch of comrades from a burning vehicle, becoming severely burned in the process over 43% of his body, and still managed to eventually precision shoot again.
He engaged in a sniper duel in which he shot the enemy through the eye, through his scope, because they were looking right at each other. He killed a female sniper known as Apache, who was infamous for her penchant for torturing US servicemen. He won the Wimbledon Cup before he went to Vietnam. He was just generally a singular force to be reckoned with. There's more, but I haven't read his biography in a long time. It's Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills. Less than $5 on Amazon.
Forgot one, he was at one time credited with the longest range sniper kill in the world, using a Browning M2 that had its cyclic rate slowed to allow for single shots.
Charles Bronson wrote a book about training while incarcerated - https://www.amazon.com/Solitary-Fitness-Charlie-Bronson/dp/1844543099
It's actually somewhat of a common misconception that the Columbine shooters were bullied or part of some amorphous outcast group of students. If anything, it's probably more accurate to describe them as the actual bullies. There was a really good book that came out about it several years ago. I'll try to find a link real quick.
Edit: here's a link to the book Columbine https://www.amazon.com/dp/0446546925/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_thVwzbHR79PGY
And here's a really good writeup about it from a little while after it was released http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/20/columbine.myths/
In Marine Sniper he describes his escape as being significantly faster than his entry but only because he was crawling prone at a somewhat normal speed, not the snail's pace he used getting into position. Wikipedia says: "He had to crawl back instead of run when soldiers started searching..."
Marine Sniper
> "Don't come to school tomorrow," could mean a thousand things.
I recently read a book about the [Columbine] (https://www.amazon.com/Columbine-Dave-Cullen/dp/0446546925) shootings and I remember something that was said by one of the shooters to one of the eventual victims ([Brooks Brown] (https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gulaf/iama_columbine_survivor_named_brooks_brown_i_was/)), just minutes before the attack. He ran into the guy in the parking lot of the school and he said, "Brooks I like you now, get outta here. Go home." I get that 99% of all threats in high schools are probably not really threats, but I mean--one of the perpetrators in the most notorious school shooting of all time warned one of his victims to stay away from the school just minutes before he started his rampage. In my mind, that is something to always take seriously.
If you were the officer who would have to tell a parent that their kid had been killed in a school shooting that you could've prevented, what would you do?
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
http://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928/
Thanks for elaborating, I was trying to give a very brief outline.
For anyone interested in the history of Rwanda and the Rwandan genocide, I'd recommend Philip Gourevitch's We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families. It's absolutely nuts to me that over a 3 month period people picked up their machetes and slaughtered 20% of the population.
Respectfully, this is covered in his
autobiography by Walter Isaacson.The doctors actually wept with relief (when the test results were concluded) because, the cells proved to be the very treatable kind of cancer (sorry I don't recall chapter & verse at the moment). Had he elected on immediate surgery & treatment to deal with the issue; his survivability would have been nearly assured.
Instead; he opted to follow hubris and put his faith in hippy fad diets (same playing field as faith healing) and eschewed his learned doctor's advice. This gave the cancer what it needed, time. Sadly the rest is history:(
As to the quote: Steve only wanted "A game" people on his team(s) - edited for spelling. If you weren't that kind of talent, you were less (in his eyes). So the philosophy of the quote reconciles with his view.
edit to add: here is an alternative source if you do not wish to read the book. But, I recommend the book, it's a good read.
Welcome noob! Please read these books in this order, each are available for free in pdf or eBook, just right click and save:
Once you’re done with those, I’d suggest purchasing the following books:
Afterwards, if you have any questions about monopolies, consider the resources in this thread. Enjoy! If you need further reading suggestions let me know.
If they simply "stopped paying attention", how would you explain the CIA's orders to the Jeddah consulate to grant Al Qaeda operatives visas into the country?
How do you explain the fact that once in the country, the alleged hijackers received training at secure military installations.
It is you, sir, who needs to read some books:
Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
Tragedy and Hope
Wall Street and The Bolshevik Revolution
Wall Street and The Rise of Hitler
Foundations: Their Power and Influence
Bank Control of Large Corporations in the United States
Wake up to reality my friend. These people are not, and have never been, incompetent or negligent. If they were either, they wouldn't be in the positions of power they are in today.
Some are probably less good than others, but that's what I'd throw out there. A direct assault is not always the best way.
Wa-Alaikum-Salaam.
I'm glad you are interested in learning about Islam. Here are a few videos of former Atheists finding Islam, and I highly recommend reading through the Quran, and a biography of prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as well.
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YouTube playlist of a few people finding and embracing Islam.
Dave Cullen's book Columbine is a fascinating read/analysis and goes into a litte more detail on this.
Basically Harris was the psychopath/leader and Klebold was the manic depressive/follower, not that that excuses his actions.
It takes guts to speak up as she has. Harris' parents have never spoken publicly about Columbine.
I don't recall them doing this with any Conservative authors.
Take Donald Trump's book where almost all of the 1 star reviews are not from verified purchases.
Seems like Amazon is picking sides... do you see a problem with that?
Has anyone talked about the hypocrisy of his BEZOS act coupled with this information?
That is, how does he reconcile his assertion that Amazon doesn't pay fulfillment workers a living wage while simultaneously leveraging this labor by selling Our Revolution and Where We Go From Here on Amazon? I imagine a substantial portion of his book income came from sales on Amazon.
I recommend reading the book We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families.
Gross. Real talk tho this book on Columbine was great
http://www.amazon.com/Columbine-Dave-Cullen/dp/0446546925
It's worth it imo. Very well written with absolutely zero commentary. Just lays out the facts, and does a bit of profiling of Eric and Dylan going back to their childhood, which I find fascinating.
Confessions of an Economic Hitman would be relevant here.
Can't believe this isn't a top comment. If ever there was a category that this book fit in, it would be this one.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
Started reading it and had to stop. Very poignant.
Roméo Dallaire's autobiography, Shake Hands With the Devil, is a good, if long-winded read. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families is briefer, but very good nonetheless, and contains first-hand accounts of the events from both Hutus and Tutsis.
Both books were very painful to read, indeed I couldn't bring myself to finish either, but they are very, very good. I think I will have to give them another try, definitely don't regret buying them.
Good self-help books are underappreciated. They can provide the push needed to us in critical moments of our lives, e.g. to overcome short-term pain / excessive risk-aversion when making an important decision, and let us change the fundamental frames / instill useful mantras into our lives, changing our trajectories significantly. These two self-help books definitely changed my life, providing both motivation and timeless advice:
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odd by David Goggins
I recommend these to all my friends and everybody who read them so far loved them (note that for max effect probably best to space them out and to first read Adams and then Goggins a few months later).
Yeah, the questions been asked before. But here's a summary.
Wish you the best.
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Lincoln was one of the worst presidents. He started a needless war costing the lives of hundreds of thousands. He imprisoned journalists who were against the war. He is largely responsible for the increase in the power of the federal government at the expense of the states. He started the income tax and the IRS. His greatness is one of the biggest historical lies ever told: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463/
sic semper tyrannis
No, that was a myth, there was another group that was called that. Also they weren't bullied. Eric Harris was a psychopath and most of his anger was because he got arrested for stealing extension cords out of a truck. Dylan Kliebold was severely depressed and a bit of a follower. On the basement tapes you can see him looking to Eric for approval after everything he does.
There is a really interesting book on it called Columbine. Almost all the media reporting was wrong. They actually could have killed a ton more people, but Eric got bored as psychopaths apparently usually do.
http://www.amazon.com/Columbine-Dave-Cullen/dp/0446546925/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375472752&sr=8-1&keywords=columbine
The last chapter of Bernie's book 'Our Revolution' is quite strong is telling this aspect. I encourage users to buy it from a local Mom & Pop if possible, or ask their library to bring in it if they don't already have it.
The book of Jobs or the book of Job?
Confessions of an Economic Hit-man by John Perkins and his follow up The Secret History of the American Empire.
Kagame is most likely not behind the murder of Habyarimana. Looking at the chain of events, the Hutu majority was being stirred up against the Tutsi minority for months prior to the assassination. There were also rumors of something big happening before the assassination. Less than an hour after Habyarimana's plane crashed, the military had roadblocks up and was searching opposition leader houses. Within hours, the massacre of Tutsis by Hutus had began, the culmination of months of propaganda against the "Tutsi cockroaches".
We don't know who fired the SAMs that hit Habyarimana's plane, but they were most likely fired from areas that the Rwandan army already controlled. It's widely believed that Hutu extremists who wanted to eliminate the Tutsis were responsible for taking out Habyarimana, a major obstacle to their goal. Further, his agreement to the Arusha Accords would end the Rwandan Civil War and create a power-sharing agreement with the Tutsis, something that many Hutus disagreed with. To be fair, Habyarimana didn't like the accords, particularly since they stripped many of his powers, but they were a means to end the civil war.
So why would Kagame, a Tutsi, assassinate Habyarimana? The Arusha Accords would give Tutsis power. The genocide decimated Kagame's tribe and anyone paying attention to the situation in Rwanda knew that it was a powder keg. The Tutsis were in a position to reclaim some lost political power and there was even a possibility that the Rwandan "Tutsi diaspora" across neighboring countries could eventually return home. For Kagame to throw away this huge win for the Tutsis on an outright gamble doesn't make sense.
Note regarding the use of the words "civil war": Some would argue that because the Tutsis who invaded Rwanda in 1990 were based in Uganda, largely members of the Ugandan army, and supported by the Ugandan president, that it was an invasion by Uganda and not a civil war. However, there was also a law passed that prevented non-Ugandans from owning land in Uganda. Because many of the Tutsis in the army were involuntarily exiled from Rwanda, but could not have a stable place in their adopted country, they felt tremendous pressure to return "home". I'm hard-pressed to say whether the term "civil war" is without merit, but it's a succinct way of describing the situation without getting into the complexities.
Sources: The Rwanda Crisis: History of Genocide and We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (a brilliant and heart-breaking book).
There's a book that won the National Book Critics Circle Award about the genocide, written by Philip Gourevitch who covered the story for The New Yorker. It is called We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda.
If you want to read his pieces from The New Yorker, here's the author's page on their website with links to his stories.
My recommended reading list includes One Up on Wall Street, Fail-Safe Investing, The Black Swan, How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes, and Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds. The first book talks about picking individual stocks based on what you already know, the second about structuring a portfolio for growth while still playing defense, the third about common fallacies and hubris, the fourth about basic economics, and the fifth about irrational behavior.
If your money is sitting in a US bank account, then you're making a 100% bet on the future of the US dollar. At a minimum, diversify your currency holdings by buying sovereign and high-grade corporate debt in countries with strong currencies.
He's also shot an enemy sniper through his scope. They were stalking each other at the time and Carlos said he saw a flash of light, the reflection off the enemy scope, and he fired.
Great book to read: 93 Confirmed Kills
The man is a legend.
I guess you never read Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets or The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood, both by David Simon, creator of The Wire.
>Some interesting points, but I don't buy it. Bernie is working for a better America without his personal interests being much of a priority. He could have been feeling a bit entitled at one point being caught up in everything, but he's not there anymore.
You can even buy his new book to read all about it...
As I say most times I hear a question about the background to The Wire and it's various characters: Homicide: A Year on The Killing Streets by David Simon holds all the answers, and is an absolutely fantastic read.
Hillary's book Rating :1.5
Trump's book Rating :4.7
Maybe you should read his book where he goes into great detail on those subjects.
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006
Speaking of books, this book is also a fantastic read written by an investigative reporter who meticulously studied the shooting and the two boys responsible. One of the best books I've ever read, it gives a very deep and well-researched look into the lives and motivations of Eric and Dylan and how the media twisted the story and created many of the well-known myths about the shooting.
First, if you really want to know. Read a book on Sirah (biography).
My favourite.
I have not read this one but it's getting a good reception.
Anyways, some hadith. This is only a small portion. Note, I got many of these from reading Abu Amin Elias's blog, so I relied on his translation. These are Sahih.
>Sa’d ibn Hisham reported: Ammar said, “O mother of the believers, tell me about the character of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.” Aisha said:
> أَلَسْتَ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّ خُلُقَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ الْقُرْآنَ
> Have you not read the Quran? Verily, the character of the Messenger of Allah was the Quran.
>Source: Sunan Abu Dawud 1342
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>Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
>لَا تَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَا تُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى تَحَابُّوا أَوَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِذَا فَعَلْتُمُوهُ تَحَابَبْتُمْ أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ
>You will not enter Paradise until you believe and you will not believe until you love each other. Shall I show you something that, if you did, you would love each other? Spread peace between yourselves.
>Source: Sahih Muslim 54
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>Anas ibn Malik reported:
> مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِيهِ قِصَاصٌ إِلَّا أَمَرَ فِيهِ بِالْعَفْوِ
>I never saw a case involving legal retaliation being referred to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, except that he would command pardoning the criminal.
>Source: Sunan Abu Dawud 4497
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>Aisha reported:
> مَا ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَادِمًا لَهُ وَلَا امْرَأَةً وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا
>The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did not strike a servant or a woman, and he never struck anything with his hand.
>Source: Sahih Muslim 2328
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>Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
> مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ
>None has more self-respect than Allah, so He has made obscenities unlawful.
> Source: Sahih Bukhari 4847
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> Abdullah ibn Umar reported: A man asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, “Which Islam is best?” The Prophet said:
> تُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ وَتَقْرَأُ السَّلاَمَ عَلَى مَنْ عَرَفْتَ وَمَنْ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ
> To feed the hungry and to greet with peace those you know and those you do not know.
> Source: Sahih Bukhari 28
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>As reported by Anas ibn Malik:
> أَنَّ يَهُودِيَّةً أَتَتْ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِشَاةٍ مَسْمُومَةٍ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهَا فَجِيءَ بِهَا فَقِيلَ أَلَا نَقْتُلُهَا قَالَ لَا فَمَا زِلْتُ أَعْرِفُهَا فِي لَهَوَاتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
> A Jewish woman came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with a poisoned sheep and he ate from it. She was brought to him and it was said: Should we kill her? The Prophet said no. I continued to see the effects of the poison upon the Messenger of Allah.
> Source: Sahih Muslim 2190
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> Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
> لَا يَنْبَغِي لِصِدِّيقٍ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَعَّانًا
>It is not befitting the truthful that they curse others.
>Source: Sahih Muslim 2597
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>Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, reports:
> خَدَمْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَشْرَ سِنِينَ وَاللَّهِ مَا قَالَ لِي أُفًّا قَطُّ وَلاَ قَالَ لِي لِشَىْءٍ لِمَ فَعَلْتَ كَذَا وَهَلاَّ فَعَلْتَ كَذَا
>I served the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, for ten years. By Allah, he never even said to me: Uff! He never said harshly for anything: Why did you do that? Why did you not do that?
>Source: Sahih Bukhari 5691
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>Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
> لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِالطَّعَّانِ وَلَا اللَّعَّانِ وَلَا الْفَاحِشِ وَلَا الْبَذِيءِ
> The believer does not taunt others, he does not curse others, he does not use profanity, and he does not abuse others.
> Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 1977
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>Aisha reported:
> لَمْ يَكُنْ فَاحِشًا وَلَا مُتَفَحِّشًا وَلَا صَخَّابًا فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ وَلَا يَجْزِي بِالسَّيِّئَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ وَلَكِنْ يَعْفُو وَيَصْفَحُ
>The Prophet was not indecent, he was not obscene, he would not shout in the markets, and he would not respond to an evil deed with an evil deed, but rather he would pardon and overlook.
>Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2016
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>يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَلَا إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ وَاحِدٌ أَلَا لَا فَضْلَ لِعَرَبِيٍّ عَلَى أَعْجَمِيٍّ وَلَا لِعَجَمِيٍّ عَلَى عَرَبِيٍّ وَلَا لِأَحْمَرَ عَلَى أَسْوَدَ وَلَا أَسْوَدَ عَلَى أَحْمَرَ إِلَّا بِالتَّقْوَى أَبَلَّغْتُ
>O people, your Lord is one and your father Adam is one. There is no virtue of an Arab over a foreigner nor a foreigner over an Arab, and neither white skin over black skin nor black skin over white skin, except by righteousness. Have I not delivered the message?
>Source: Musnad Ahmad 22978
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>Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was told, “O Messenger of Allah, pray against the idolaters!” The Prophet said:
> إِنِّي لَمْ أُبْعَثْ لَعَّانًا وَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ رَحْمَةً
> Verily, I was not sent to invoke curses, but rather I was only sent as mercy.
> Source: Sahih Muslim 2599
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>Abu Ad-Darda reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
> أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَفْضَلَ مِنْ دَرَجَةِ الصِّيَامِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَالصَّدَقَةِ
> Shall I not tell you about what is more virtuous in degree than fasting, prayer, and charity?
>They said, Of course!” The Prophet said:
> صَلَاحُ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ فَإِنَّ فَسَادَ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ هِيَ الْحَالِقَةُ
>It is reconciliation between people. Verily, corrupted relations between people are the razor.
>Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2509,
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>Ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
> إِنَّ عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَكَذَّبُوهُ وَشَجُّوهُ فَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ الدَّمَ عَنْ جَبِينِهِ وَيَقُولُ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
> Verily, a servant of Allah was sent to his people and they denied him, rejected him, and made blood spill from his forehead and he said: O Lord, forgive my people for they do not know.
> Source: Musnad Ahmad 4047
These are sahih.
>What about when he was criticized, or when Islam was criticized, how did he react to or deal with the criticism?
Note: "Mudhammam" is a kind of insulting pun. Change on letter in Muhammad for Mudhammam. Muhammad means "one who is beloved" and Mudhammam is the opposite.
>Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Doesn't it astonish you how Allah protects me from the Quraish's abusing and cursing? They abuse Mudhammam and curse Mudhammam while I am Muhammad (and not Mudhammam). [Bukhari]
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>non-muslim friends
Does Rabbi Mukhayriq count? He had a great relationship with Abu Talib as well but he was family.
Also watch this lecture on Mut`im b. Adi.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families: about the Rwanda genocide, written in 1998. You will lose whatever faith you ever held in western politicians and international organizations after reading this book.
The descriptions of the Clinton administration arguing over the technical meaning of the word 'genocide' are just painful to read.
> when his actions would likely do them far more good than harm.
His actions, in the context of the 2012 campaign, consists solely of standing in front of Republican audiences, and telling them stuff like we ought to end the Wars, close all our foreign bases, end the Empire and end the War on Terror and the War on Drugs, because if we don't we're going to go bankrupt.
That is, in fact, anti-Empire, anti-War. And it is also anti-Wall Street and anti-Corporate. Because Wall Street is the financial nerve center of US Big Business and the Corporate world. And it is in fact, linked to the wars and Empire.
Read e.g.:
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/
Read also:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard66.html
And:
http://www.fas.org/man/smedley.htm
And:
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/1576753018
> always dressed up in a new moral justification.
It's crazy how sick they are.
"Table 4.j - The Evolution of Western Soft Power Timeline – Propaganda vs Reality
Lie: Christianity (0 to 1950’s) - We’re here to “save your souls”
Truth: Doctrine of Discovery: A scandal in plain sight
http://ncronline.org/news/peace-justice/doctrine-discovery-scandal-plain-sight
Summary: Rape, torture, enslavement, genocide, and plunder.
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Lie: Democracy (1950’s to today) - We’re here to “give you democracy and freedom” Killing Hope
Truth: http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Hope-C-I-Interventions-II--Updated/dp/1567512526
Summary: Communism (people over profit) threatened western-styled capitalism (profit over people) so the West waged genocidal wars to install pro-capitalist pro-west puppets.
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Lie: Free Market (1980’s to today) - We’re here to “give you prosperity” Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Truth: http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/1576753018
Summary: Leaders of developing nations are offered a choice: “Give us cheap access/control to your market/resources/public assets and you’ll be rich. Defy us and we’ll overthrow you, kill you, and possibly invade you.”
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Lie: NGO(s) (1990s to today) - We’re here to “give you a vibrant civil society and democracy and human rights and free speech.”
Truth: NGOs: The Missionaries of Empire
http://www.globalresearch.ca/ngos-the-missionaries-of-empire/29595
Summary: USA’s so-called NGOs like National Endowment for Democracy(NED) subvert sovereignty by spreading propaganda under the guise of “free press” and “free speech”
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Lie: Foreign aid (1970s to today) - IMF and world bank is here to “save your economy and give you prosperity.”
Truth: See Free Market entry above.
Summary: The west traps developing nations with “financial loans” with impossible conditions to economically enslave. The West privatizes public assets, free trade allows Western firms to dominate its markets, etc.
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Lie: Humanitarian intervention (2000s) - We’re here to “help” you.
Truth: Wars against Syria, Yemen, Libya, etc."
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This book has everything you need to know.
Marine Sniper. This is a classic book about Carlos Hathcock, a Marine who served in Vietnam and for many years (1967 to 2002) held the world record longest confirmed sniper kill. There are several famous encounters, including a multi-day stalk through exposed terrain to kill a Vietnamese general, the time he and his spotter pinned down an entire NVA battalion, the time he was being hunted by a counter-sniper and shot the guy through his scope (probably inspiring the similar scene in Saving Private Ryan), and the record-breaking long range shot itself with a .50 cal M2 machine gun modified for single shot and using a scope mounting system of his own design.
For a more modern take, I recently read Sniper One and thought it was pretty good. It's by British Army Sgt Dan Mills, about his tour in Iraq in 2004. I thought it was interesting to see the perspective of a modern sniper in a completely different environment.
And for what I think is the best fictional book I've read about sniping, check out Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter. Don't confuse it with the movie "Shooter" staring Marky Mark; the book is actually quite good. The descriptions of long range shooting are excellent, and have matched up well to my own (admittedly limited, strictly at the shooting range) experiences.
.. e what do you care what other people think?
Non essere presuntuoso, non hai una vaga idea del nullo cazzo che glie ne frega alle persone di te (e di me, hai capito il senso del discorso).
Inoltre, la prima volta "fai la figura", il resto della tua vita lo sai. Mi sembra onesto come scambio!
Yes, they had a circle of friends. Like a lot of people, they weren't the popular "cool kids" but they weren't loners either. Most of those claims came from a bad information perpetuated by the media.
https://www.amazon.com/Columbine-Dave-Cullen/dp/0446546925/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=columbine+dave+cullen&qid=1573884018&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/Mothers-Reckoning-Living-Aftermath-Tragedy-ebook/dp/B01208WN3G/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=columbine+sue+klebold&qid=1573884050&sr=8-1
I'd read A Random Walk Down Wall Street first. Then Intelligent Investor before Security Analysis.
The first book I read when I was a n00b was The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing. It's pretty simple and basic and made for total beginner's.
Also, you may want to read Reminiscences of a Stock Operator at some point.
Also, check out Robert Shiller's Financial Markets course.
Stock Charts is a good online introduction to technical and fundamental analysis.
Have fun!!
Edit: correction
Scott Adams calls this the 'Moist Robot Hypothesis'. Like a dog being trained, he views people as machines (or moist robots) responding to stimuli. Instead of fruitlessly trying to motivate yourself he advocates changing your environment to reinforce the behaviors you desire. I think this is the basic idea that Perry is advocating. And they both recognise that you act as the 'owner' setting the incentives and the 'dog' being trained.
A related idea that both Perry and Adams touch on is that it's more effective to be systems driven not goals driven. Don't focus on "I'm going to run a marathon", focus on incentivising yourself to go running four times a week. Focus on "I'll write blog posts every Tuesday and Thursday" over "I'm going to make Scott Alexander look like an amateur." Perry describes this as the difference between “getting things done” from “doing things.”
The practical implications will be different for everyone however it means acting as the owner to understand the reactions to stimuli (diet, incentives, sleep routine, emotional states, etc) and then setting up processes / systems that reinforce the positive behaviours and disincentivise the negative. The general idea Adams words:
> Take a volunteer and ask him all of his favorite sensations. This could range from the taste of his favorite food, to foot massages, to sexual stimulation, to warm baths, to his favorite song. Then spend a few weeks showing the volunteer a particular and not-too-common object whenever the positive sensations are applied. For example, you might pick a sock monkey as your object because you don’t see them often, and they don’t carry with them any sort of special association beyond generic fun. After two weeks of intensely associating sock monkeys with favorite sensations, the volunteer’s brain would make a permanent connection. Thereafter, any time he wanted to turn a bad mood into a good mood, he would look at his sock monkey and his brain would execute its happiness subroutine. It’s safer and quicker than pharmaceuticals. The only risk is that the volunteer might fall in love with his sock monkey. But I’m not judging.
This has high cross over with the ideas of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) which is considered pseudo-scientific by many. NLP practitioners call this 'anchoring'.
If you're interested Adams goes into some detail on what this practically means in his book 'How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big'.
> is because my ability to focus for non-trivial stuff has been completely shot by years of doing nothing but surf the web (literally), I'm having a hard time getting anything systematically done, even basic reading.
Here's a method that doesn't work very well:
Here's a better method:
> rationalism is appealing both by virtue of the people I've been meeting and the practical effects it has been having for me on the occasions that I've managed to use it. But I'm more than a little intimidated by the SSC backlog: there's so much there! And that's just SSC. I have no idea where to begin.
It is likely a mistake to think that rationality will be a philosophy that will change your entire life by virtue of reading things. There is a lot of very interesting material to read in the "rationalsphere", but most of it is not self-help material and you may be disappointed if you expect it will all be highly applicable to your daily life.
What you will find is a lot of material that can help clarify your thinking and give you more knowledge about many intriguing domains. The "Sequences" (long series of blog posts collected into an E-book) by Yudkowsky are the standard resource that much of this community has read (or pretends to have read). If you have not studied science, probability, psychology, and philosophy, then it is pretty eye-opening stuff! Like taking a seminar course from a brilliant but highly eccentric professor. That said, some of it is boring or hard to read, so just skip around and follow the hyperlinks to the parts that interest you.
If the main thing you have done for the past two years is to browse websites, then you must already know that reading good material is compulsive and so I am not sure what is stopping you from spending all your spare time reading the entire archives of LessWrong and Slate Star Codex. Either you are enjoying it and you keep reading, or you are not enjoying it and you stop.
HOWEVER, if you are trying to force yourself to read through the annals of Rationality because you think it will fix your flaws as a person, or make you a genius, you will probably be disappointed.
If you are really looking more for a self-help book of how to change your life with logic and rational behaviour, a decent one is How To Fail At Almost Everything by Scott Adams.
Solitary Fitness by Charles Bronson (yes, the Charles Bronson) is more entertaining than anything else, but it does get you motivated. Includes chapters on training your eyes, your jaws, and your penis, believe it or not.
Best Seller Link (updated hourly)
Buy the book
Easily the best $10 you can spend (on trolling HRC)
If it interests you, pick up Isaacson's biography of Jobs. It's a bit dry but you'll get an idea of it. He was basically an unabashed, brutal perfectionist to the extent that he nearly bankrupted his blossoming company several times because of it. He was a crazy hipster who was interested in nothing but homeopathic medicine, never showered because he hated chemicals, and was an asshole to his closest friends and he belittled his coworkers for efforts he deemed unworthy of his company on a nearly daily basis.
More reading on it, if you care. I know it's gawker but at least they link to good sources.
Be sure to purchase Donald Trump's book "Great Again" today so that it outsells Hillary's new book on the best sellers charts.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501138006/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Exactly! Check Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Based on your questions and lack of knowledge, keep your money in a savings account. Spend a couple of months learning about investing, how to read financial reports, how to decipher an 8k and 10k report. I don't mean this to be condescending, but if you start investing now or in six months, there will be almost no difference in your earnings, but there could be a huge difference in your losses unless you take some time to learn about the various investing methods, theories, and the actual hows and whys.
Start reading Peter Lynch's One Up on Wall Street, Beating the Street and Learn to Earn.
Each brings different things to the table. Again, please take no offense, but Learn to Earn is probably where you should start. It's aimed at teens/young adults learning about investing for the first time.
I'd recommend hitting up the library for these. When you get to the library, you'll find shelves of books on how to invest. Some are useless and others really good. Read a few chapters in each. If you have questions, run it by this board. There are plenty of people here who are more than happy to share their mainly educated opinions. And the good thing about reddit is that if one of us says something wrong, others are quick to correct or offer their two cents.
I'd also recommend The Millionaire Next Door, The Black Swan and the Richest Man in Babylon. while these last ones aren't how to invest, they are books about why and how we invest.
I'm a Taleb groupie and read everything by the man. I loved Black Swan, and also loved Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorderso you may want to try that one when your reading pile dwindles.
Keep saving, but take your time investing. Learn the basics, stick your toe in and then take the plunge.
I'm tired of all the Tesla worship memes that are devoid of any critical thinking. Oooh, Edison stole everything Tesla ever did, blah blah blah. The full story is a bit more complex than that, as was his life. He was a complicated guy. He was brilliant, no doubt. But he was also a crackpot and made a lot of crackpot claims he couldn't back up. He was very generous when George Westinghouse had financial troubles. His OCD compelled him to calculate the volume of his soup before he could eat it. His best friend was a pigeon.
To appreciate the man fully in all his complexity, you have to accept all of those truths.
I highly recommend Tesla: Man Out of Time by Margaret Cheney. It's a good read.
عليكم السلام
Don't tell her she can't convert but guide her on a sane way to do this. It's okay if she converts for the aesthetics and then explores the religion slowly. She may need structure in her life and a foundation to hold on to, and you don't know, Islam could be the very thing she needs. People sometimes come into Islam for reasons other than believing in Allah (swt) and then end up finding Him in Islam. You are in the position to guide her to it in a good open hearted way and not leave her vulnerable to random extreme ideologies out there on the internet.
Obviously, she can't run off to the Arab world without speaking a lick of Arabic or knowing anything about it. Don't tell her she can't ever do it, but insist that she should be prepared.
She wants to be muslim, great. She wants to be shia, no problemo. Negotiate with her and become her guide to Islam and set some goals for her that she can reach. Like reading a few books first and discussing them with you <--- insist on this.
My recommendation of books to read:
Once she actually understands what Islam is and who the prophet is, if she'd like to read about the sunni/shia thing and make up her mind, there's plenty of books that talk about this.
Are there mosques near you? Sunni or shia? Have her attend Jum'a. Maybe go to halaqas or Arabic classes. If your friend is willing to run off to the Arab world, ask her to at least learn what it's all about.
Also, you should strongly recommend she see a therapist to help her deal with setbacks in her life.
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild is really good. Its about the Belgian King's rule over the Congo.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevich is an account of the Rwandan Genocide of '94.
That's more recent history, but the fact is little is written about pre-colonial Africa (not dealing with Egypt). I haven't read much, but I'm sure theres some decent readings about the Mali Empire (maybe start with Mansa Musa?).
For a slightly lighter - yet no less disturbing - read, check out The Psychopath Test. Blew my mind.
90% of the media on Columbine was bad. Any article still talking about the Trenchcoat Mafia is garbage.
This appears to be the pretty definitive account of what happened, and is the basis for my claim.
> Although, I'm sure the film is more well-known than this band.
Or the book.
How about the book The Wire is based on?
Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets by David Simon (creator of The Wire). Non fiction account of him following around the Baltimore Homicide Unit for 1 year.
https://www.amazon.com/Snowball-Warren-Buffett-Business-Life/dp/0553384619
https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1501138006/ref=ya_st_dp_summary?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
Martin lings: Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
Tariq ramadan: In the Footsteps of the Prophet
http://www.amazon.com/Muqaddimah-Introduction-History-Bollingen/dp/0691120544/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1324898349&amp;sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/History-God-000-Year-Judaism-Christianity/dp/0345384563/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
http://www.amazon.com/Islam-History-Modern-Library-Chronicles/dp/081296618X/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_5
I recommend these books:
and Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time
Side note on Quran translation:
Stay away from
Try:
Misc:
Movie:
Ich kann We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda empfehlen, mit der Warnung, dass das Buch extreme Gewaltdarstellungen enthält. (Und Bildmaterial, wenn ich mich richtig erinnere. Ist etwas länger her.)
Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
Being a marine I guess you would've heard of Carlos Hathcock, I read his book a good few years ago. It's well worth a read.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marine-Sniper-93-Confirmed-Kills/dp/0425103552/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1474069840&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=carlos+hathcock
I think they mean Columbine by Dave Cullen. it's pretty definitive if anyone's interested in learning more about what happened
I'm sorry you feel that way but you obviously came here and felt the need to say something. If you have questions I am happy to answer for you so that I may shed some light into your darkness.
Edit: I would also like you to notice that you are the only person who is being negative. This community is far more understanding, forgiving and accepting than you realize and I implore you to do some research into what Islam really is. If you would like to check these out
The New Muslim's Field Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/1981328998/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_OsN1Cb99E8BEQ
The Clear Quran https://www.amazon.com/dp/097730096X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ItN1CbGKXHNWW
In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374762/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_PuN1CbMBE7QD9
If you want to really understand what you are making assumptions about DM your information or email I would be happy to send you some information so you may better educate yourself. Then you can formulate an educated opinion.
The Sealed Nectar is one of the most popular.
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources is another one that people like.
In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
You may not like my answer, but in the end it's up to you how you feel about this issue. First let me say that wikiislam is a propaganda islamophobic website. If I were to want information on Christianity, I would ask a Priest or a scholar of Christianity. So please don't read what you find on propaganda websites, some things are outright fabrications, others are taken out of context, others are misattributed etc. etc. So please don't read from those websites, but read from Muslim sources. If you are really sincere in what you say, you can do various things.
Read ''In the Footsteps of the Prophet'' by Dr. Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University. He's a Muslim. He's well versed. He writes amazingly.
Read ''Muhammad: Man and Prophet'' by Adil Salahi. Book is somewhat expensive, but just read the top review by 'Mary' and I think that will tell you everything you need to know, haha. A biography on the life of the Prophet SAW! What more would you want!
You can always read the Qur'an - but that can be taken out of context. Muhammad Asad has a great translation of the Qur'an containing many footnotes describing the context of many verses. After all, in a book that was revealed over 23 years every verse has a context of its own.
The issue with all the above is that they cost money.
So in that case here is Dr. Yasir Qadhi's ongoing series about the life of the Prophet Muhammad SAW discussing many many things going on around his life from beginning to end. There are 98 videos and each has 1 hour.. And it's still going, so this can be really time consuming.
In the end I want to say: If you don't have the time to watch the series, or the money to buy and read the books (which are all sourced from Muslim scholars and even then the muslim scholars cite muslim scholars, the companions of the Prophet, and even the Prophet SAW himself) - then please hold your judgement on Muslims and do not let yourself be distracted by anti Islamic sources. To learn about vaccines, we learn from Doctors, not from anti-Vaccination supporters!
I just finished reading that one as well as the sequel "What Do You Care What Other People Think"...
http://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
It's beautiful, brilliant and tragic at the same time, especially when he writes about the death of his first wife.
This lecture was featured in the last chapter of the book and was what inspired me to post the link up.
You should read the book about him, his life story is very interesting.
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0425103552/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_SMjsDb7DTZA6Z
Carlos Hathcock is one of the greatest American soldiers to ever put on a uniform. The man is a legend in all military circles.
I read the book about him, Marine Sniper, when I was a teenager and was completely blown away by it.
They need to make a movie about him, considering they don't have to embellish ANYTHING to make it nearly unbelievable.
It isn't, and OP has his information wrong.
The Columbine shooters made and used pipe bombs in their attack, there's even the famous video of the one going off in the cafeteria. They were not very effectual though. I don't know if anyone was even really injured by them. Pipe bombs and pressure cooker bombs aren't incredibly difficult to make, but they're also not that easy to use for mass casualties (see Boston Bombing for evidence of that). A gun is far more effective.
What did fail was a much larger propane tank bomb that they built and placed at the base of a support column in the cafeteria. They wanted to bring the entire cafeteria roof down on everyone. But that proved to be beyond their ability, and it didn't go off.
They also set another bomb off across town, which they hoped would draw police away from the school. I don't remember exactly, but I believe that was another propane bomb that didn't really work correctly and just caused a small brush fire or something.
I highly suggest the book Columbine by Dave Cullen. It's an amazingly researched look into all the minutia of what actually happened, and its effects. He spent over 10 years working on it and it shows. There was so much about it that I had wrong in my head. Great read if you're interested in this topic.
That being said if you want some good books about the market I suggest:
https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Edwin-Lef%C3%A8vre/dp/0471770884
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Pools-High-Speed-I-Financial/dp/B008ARPZFK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1504266590&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=dark+pools
Read a book dammit
http://www.amazon.com/Fear-Loathing-Las-Vegas-American/dp/0679785892
Peter Lynch made a shitload of money for the Magellan Fund in the 80s by investing in retail brands that his teenage daughter wouldn't stop yammering on about. He talks about it in one of his books, maybe One Up on Wallstreet.
hey OP, when i was around your age, i felt/acted quite similarly. it took me years, but now people often express complete surprise when i reveal that i am actually an introvert. so, alongside all the good advice already in this thread...
social skills can be learned. many times us INFJs don't want to make any moves until we feel that we understand the landscape. so, go learn the landscape. pick up some self-help books on conversational skills (and just about living a better life), and then put that learning to use. one of my favorites is How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big. that one is not about conversation, per se, but it's written by an ENTP and i found it wonderful.
the other side of the coin is that, when you talk more freely, you will end up saying things that come out wrong, or stupid, or whatever. that's just life. you will never be perfect. you will never put out the perfect words all the time. mistakes happen, so teach yourself through mindfulness to accept them. sure, you'll cringe for hours when trying to fall asleep one night about something you said and what if the person you said it to thinks you're a total moron now? in those moments, do some breathing exercises, distract yourself, don't wallow in it, and i promise you, you will get over it. and not only that, you'd be repeatedly proving to yourself that life goes on and not to stress the minutia so much, and you will eventually lead a freer life that revolves around who you are as a human and not the opinions of others.
there's nothing inherently wrong with you. growing into yourself is a process, so try to be cognizant of that. do your best and don't be so hard on yourself, and try to teach yourself the skills you will need to get to where you want to be. the thing that turned my social anxiety upside down was working customer service jobs. it's awful, but it's basically akin to exposure therapy. just my two.
Empathy goes a long way to understanding why we're experiencing so much violence.
Recommended reading by David Simon: http://www.amazon.com/Homicide-A-Year-Killing-Streets/dp/0805080759
Or just watch The Wire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH_6_8NOfwI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjtz-w0Xouo
https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1521107191&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=jobs
Hahaha the top review is a fucking classic. I found it very helpful:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/1501138006/R5J40GK9VLPU7/ref=cm_cr_dp_mb_rvw_1?ie=UTF8&amp;cursor=1
Conspiracies do exist, and its sad that the words "conspiracy theory" have such a negative connotation, because these things do happen. I don't believe Obama is a muslim, or that the moon landing was faked btw.
I'm not sure if I believe the US perpetuated 9/11 itself, or if it merely allowed it to happen, or maybe they were not involved at all. But my Reichstag example is still true. Conspiracies happen. To say that its impossible is naive.
Is this 4 star general also a conspiracy theorist? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7NsXFnzJGw
What about the author of this book? http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/1576753018
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924
I read/listened to it. A lot of it is narrated by him and Mark Ruffalo (which is pretty cool too).
What you do is buy a copy of Bernie's book - either Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in or his other book Bernie Sanders' Guide to a Political Revolution.
From there I followed the instructions on their Instagram page:
>Send your copy to the office with a note to Bernie and he will sign it. Please include a return envelope with postage paid. Use the media mail postage rate, its cheaper. Send it to Bernie's campaign office called Friends of Bernie Sanders to PO Box 391, Burlington, VT 05402. It takes a while for him to have time to sign, so please be patient, but he would be happy to sign it for you!
I sent my book in a box and included a 10 X 14.5in. self-addressed postage paid bubble envelope so that after Bernie signed it, they could return it to me. Also, it took about 2 and a half months for me to have the book sent back, so it will take a while. But it's worth it for a signed Bernie book if you ask me! <3
I saw this as a graphic in Bernie's book Our Revolution.
From the book on that page:
"It is not a coincidence that the decline of the American middle class virtually mirrors the rapid decline in union membership. As workers lose their seats at the negotiating table, the share of national income going to the middle-class workers has gone down, while the percentage of income going to the very wealthy has gone up. There is no question that one of the most significant reasons for the forty-year decline in the middle class is that the rights of workers to join together and bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions have been severely undermined."
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
read up on all of central and south america..plus the middle east, southeast asia, AFRICA...Oh! The list goes on and on!
Read John Perkins book Confessions of an Economic Hitman to get a good understanding of how things work.
Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine is a good supplement.
I’ve become consistently profitable for a little while, so here’s a brain dump of the things I wish I had caught on to slightly earlier. Sorry for the novel...
You can use investopedia to look up anything you don’t understand, but most any site or you tuber is going to try to sell you some sort of system. Honestly these are for suckers and the best thing you can do is just get in there, trade the minimum and garner up some experience. The psychology is different and you’ll likely have a lot more nerves once you have lost a handful of trades with real money. After a few wins you’ll likely be tempted to up your lot size but you really shouldn’t and instead pace yourself until you’re really confident. Stick with one or two pairings at first to really understand the tendencies, not all charts and indicators are created equal.
As far as books, my favorite is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. It’s something you’d likely want to give a read or listen a few times as you gain experience. There’s a decent number of lessons in there that will resonate at different stages in your career. I’m on my third listen and still finding things I didn’t see as relevant at the time. https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Edwin-Lefèvre/dp/0471770884
Other than that one book, I wouldn’t suggest spending any money on educational materials. Youtube should be sufficient, but don’t be tempted by the shiny offer at the end of each video. Instead try and just take the good. These guys don’t make money from trading, they make money from selling manuals. If they had a magic bullet, they’d use it and be driving their Bugatti or what have you instead.
Side tips: Trade, don’t gamble. If you’re unsure, it’s a gamble. Stick to your time frame and don’t rely on indicators to tell you when to trade. This can be tough, but you’ll understand how to use them as confirmation instead of signal in due time. Always take the time to understand what the indicators are telling you and always take news into consideration before making a trade. Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing. I use almost all of the default time frames to paint a complete understanding and as additional confirmation to what I think I should do (M1 M5 M15 M30 H1 H4 D).
Finally, if you feel like you’re most of the way to your profit target, I (personally) like to just take the guaranteed profit and move on to my next idea. The market can have unexpected changes in sentiment and it’s often not worth throwing away profit for the last 10-15% of a movement.
My mantra is “modest daily gains are best gains.”
Schabacker is supposed to be the bible but it's from 1932 and not modern. That being said, modern isn't the be all and end all. Human mindset doesn't change. We have the same limbic system they did. And battling extremes of greed and fear are no different now than then and tend to play out in similar ways despite our modern tech.
My favorite read for insight from one of history's greatest speculators, Jesse Livermore, is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator.
Reminiscences teaches that a trader's greatest battle is not with the market but with his own mind. The most money is made identifying a bull market, getting on board early, or at least when it corrects, and riding it until just before it breaks. Which means basically doing nothing for a long period of time, other than adding on dips. Most people can't stand to do nothing. They try to catch the little swings, playing for peanuts, and end up missing the bulk of the move.
Better to sit tight, forget about it even, as long as the bull remains intact. Like, for example, the people who forgot they mined a lot of bitcoin early, only remembering about it after the price had soared. It's like Rip Van Winkle waking up rich. Do you think they would have had the fortitude or resilience to hold their position to that point had they been watching the market everyday? No. Or maybe perhaps 1 in a 1000. Forgetting was their saving grace. Sitting tight is the way to ride the bull.
[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?] (http://www.amazon.com/Fear-Loathing-Las-Vegas-American/dp/0679785892)
Judging from the broadness of your question, I'd suggest buying (or checking out from the library) a couple of books about investing. Start with the basics like: Charles Schwab, Peter Lynch, and Burton G. Malkiel. Right now, education is probably the best investment you can make (besides enjoying your life).
Ninja edit: It's good to be thinking and asking about investing, but, if you are serious about investing a serious chunk of money, learn the basics for yourself. You'll be better prepared to make the best decision for your money and your lifestyle.
> We also fought a war (see the first point) to ensure the freedom of those restricted by this edict. The war turned-out to be just, though the suspension of habeus corpus was abominable.
My eyes bled reading this. I recommend you read some non-revisionist history of the Civil War, because it most certainly was not fought over slavery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl_-U1YA978
http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1377375879&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+real+lincoln
English classes at the university level are usually literature-centered, not so much about grammar and composition. Thus, plenty of opportunity for political questions to come up. My first university English class was entirely focused on experiences of political violence; we read stuff like We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families and selections from Rising Up, Rising Down.
Music theory is a bit more of a reach, but suppression of particular composers and styles of music is absolutely something that happened in China as well as the Soviet Union. So it's plausible that it could at least come up in a certain context.
I suppose calculus is pretty safe, unless one has a strong opinion on Newton vs. Leibniz.
It was made public by his daughter Michelle (from his second marriage) in the book, [Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Path: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman](http://www.amazon.com/Perfectly-Reasonable-Deviations-Beaten-Track/dp/0738206369], which she edited. Feynman's deep love for his first wife was scarcely a big secret (see: What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character), his atheist-leaning agnosticism and sanguine attitude about his own death, and the obvious love that he felt for his children make me strongly doubt that there is anything amiss about this letter.
The only issue is that it is posted here without a link to the source and likely without permission. But that's an issue of copyright ethics and law, not whether Richard would want this letter seen now, a quarter century after his death and a lifetime since Arline's.
> I've never heard of the o-ring investigation afterward being obvious in any sense.
Feynman's second autobiography has a pretty clear explanation of the post-event inquiry. They called in Feynman to take a look because he was known to have an excellent technical mind. Rather than try to get up to speed on the thousands of components and systems of the shuttle, instead he chose to chat with a bunch of engineers; it took him 48 hours to conclude an O-ring had failed, because every engineer he talked to said the same thing. He then fashioned a tiny O-ring out of the same material as the Challenger's, and dropped it into a glass of ice water in front of a Congressional panel. It deformed severely.
The best advice I can give you about not knowing what to do with your life is changing the way you look at your future, at least for now.
In his book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00COOFBA4?ie=UTF8&amp;redirectFromSS=1&amp;pc_redir=T1&amp;noEncodingTag=1&amp;fp=1
Scott talks about how he found success, not by being a goal-oriented person, but by being a systems oriented person. Even though having goal is a good thing, setting up specific goals for yourself can be very limiting. If you live your life by using systems, you give yourself more avenues and opportunities to become more successful.
A great example of this is instead of setting a goal for yourself to "lose x amount of pounds in x amount of time" you instead focus on setting up a system of continuous exercise, good diet, and good lifestyle habits. Eventually success will come to you because you instead focused on the system, not the goal. Good coaches don't focus on winning the title at the end of the season. Good coaches focus on winning each game at a time.
Focus on good mental and physical habits. Form good habits with your money. At your age it is hard trying to figure out exactly where you want to be in 10 years. It is much easier to figure out how to be the best you can be at this moment in time. Eventually you will have built up yourself to a point where you will be prepared for the opportunities that might come your way in the future. Focus on the process not the outcome.
READ THE WORDS OF THE PROPHET: SCOTT ADAMS
http://blog.dilbert.com/
I like solitary fitness.
I have limited space and funds, so when I've got my cardio a bit back up to scratch (something I decided to do the night Trump got elected), I was thinking of trying out Charles Bronson (not that one)'s prison workout routine. Any thoughts?
I relate to this post a lot. Knocking back cans and then thinking "fuck, I'm hungry" and munching through packets of some godawful shite and then waking up feeling like a cunt.
For me, it wasn't about finding a new cycle, but breaking the one I was in. Your mileage may vary.
That said, if you want fitness with no equipment, then Charles Bronson's "Solitary Fitness" has you covered: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Solitary-Fitness-Charles-Bronson/dp/1844543099
Not only will you be fit, but you'll be able to knock out a fucking cow with a single punch.
Thanks for the book, I'm going to add it to my list. Have you read The Psychopath Test as well?
That's not the book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1594488010/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/185-0176691-8688564
I'm a self made millionaire but from all the hostility and drama I see here I would NEVER do an AMA.
I've quickly learned that most people don't have the resolve to live by basic principals that have gotten me to where I am now. So in a very general nutshell here it is from me for the umpteenth time...and for the few who say these are obvious, then I counter, why the fuck aren't you guys REALLY doing this...
I STILL to this day buy groceries with coupons, wear the SAME Timex watch I did when I was in high school, drive a car from the 1960s, and RENT a small but nice house with an incredible view, most of my close friends have no idea how much I'm worth and many complain about how "cheap" I am.
I don't give a rats ass if you decide to believe me or not. The sun will rise tomorrow and I'll still never have to call anyone boss or punch another fucking clock in my life EVER. You follow the basic advice, you might stop living paycheck to paycheck.
Don't be a dick. I just gave you free legit advice. Now you're on your own. I'm not your mommy.
/retired in my 30's with liquid assets in 8 figures.
There's his autobiography.
Biographies of him tend to either be sycophantic or overly critical, with one notable exception; Tesla: Man out of time.
You may be interested in this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Homicide-Killing-Streets-David-Simon/dp/0805080759
Really, anyone working on a PhD in philosophy who thinks there is a job waiting for them should fit the bill. (Sorry, couldn't resist).
On a more serious note, and he's not a 'philosopher' in the narrow sense, but psychologist Martin Seligman's Learned Optimism is very worth a read and provides a lot of empirical research about the benefits of optimism and the dangers of pessimism.
I haven't read this myself, but a friend of mine is always going on about Victor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. Might be something to check out.
Now you're just talking out of your ass. Read his book. Read some articles. Bernie Sanders grew up with his brother in a Brooklyn rent-controlled tenement apartment where he and his brother slept in the living room because the apartment was so small. His father sold paint for a living. His mother died when he was a teenager; his father was dead by the time he was 21. All of his father's family, and some of his mother's were killed in the Holocaust.
Edit - here, I'll help you. Amazon has excerpts of his book https://www.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924
It's a book.
I think he's making reference to the fact that in Walter Isaacsons autobiography "Steve Jobs", when Jobs first got the news of the Cancer, instead of recieving medical treatment Jobs went down the root of extreme dieting in hope to cure his problem.
How left are they?
If they are Blairite get him this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corbyn-Colouring-Book-James-Nunn/dp/1910400394/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1480630398&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=jeremy+corbyn+colouring+book
If he is more of a socialist left winger then give them this book.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1480630462&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=donald+trump+book
Or perhaps one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Laughing-Independence-Political-Microwave-Dishwasher/dp/B01HPZQEZ2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1480630521&amp;sr=8-6&amp;keywords=UKIP
We should be 5-star rating DJT's book while we're at it guys!!! https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=
Very good read: Confessions of an Economic Hitman
I bought this book when I was a development worker in the third world. Had great expectations, and was already living amidst the legacy of colonialisation and exploitation.
I have to be honest, I don't think I've ever been more disappointed in a book. So much of it seemed to devolve into self-indulgent diatribe, it was incredibly light on specifics, and he seemed to have the kind of romantic anti-Western "Oh my god, this culture is so much better" we Westerners are so good at exhibiting for the first few months living in exotic cultures.
I wanted some depth. I wanted specifics. The basic premise is pretty well-known, but the depth behind it unfortunately wasn't particularly present in this book.
From checking out some of the less positive reviews on Amazon I see I'm not the only one who got the same impression from this book.
I did, i've read this one in english in particular. I've heard the one from Karen Armstrong is good too if you want one from someone who isn't a muslim.
I could suggest more complete ones in arabic if you can read it, but the one in the link from Tariq Ramadan is pretty accurate.
I know a number of real rocket scientists who consider the shuttle a black hole, many of them who've been wishing for the end of the program for over a decade.
Know who Richard Feynman is? Ever read his opinions?
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
If you want to find out more I suggest you read this book. It's very well written, delves deep into the facts and myths, and more importantly answers the why. Highly recommend it. Spoiler: it had nothing to do with bullying, being outcasts etc.
I would strongly recommend Tariq Ramadan's "In the Footsteps of the Prophet" to learn about Muhammed's -p- life.
You bring up a really important factor in current African politics - that modern nations were drawn without any concern for ethnic nations within their geographic borders, but I think Rwanda is not really a good example of what you're talking about.
No one is really sure where the Hutu and Tutsi come from (!). It is often said that the Tutsi were herders who came to Rwanda from Ethiopia while the Hutu were native farmers, but there is little actual evidence to support this claim. Instead, it gained ground when European race-scientists put it forth. Ethiopians were seen as Caucasian (and therefore ,superior), so there was an attempt to attribute any good aspects of African culture or societies to them instead of to 'lesser' Africans.
Anyway, regardless of where the two groups came from, there was, over generations, lots of mixing between the two groups. By the time the Belgians got to Rwanda, Hutus and Tutsis spoke the same language, had the same religion, lived in the same communities, married eachother, had kids together. There was a general idea that Tutsis raised cattle while Hutus farmed, bu in reality both groups did both. Basically, there wasn't that big a difference between Hutus and Tutsis. The genocide couln't have been avoided if the Hutus & Tutsis were separated because, really, they weren't even different groups.
When then Belgians came, they came with their own mindset and world view. Belgian society was one with rival ethnic groups - the Flemish and the Walloons - and that rivalry came across in the make up of the Belgian government. When they set up a government in Rwanda, they set it up with that model. They saw the Tutsis as descendents of Caucasian Ethiopians and as superior to the Hutus. They made everyone have an ID card saying if hey were Hutu, Tutsi, or pygmy. They gave the Tutsis more power and more access to education and better jobs. They basically created tribal conflict where there hadn't been any.
Fast forward to Rwandan independence, and the Hutus, who had been disenfranchised under the Belgian system, were (understandably) pissed. Over the years, they began to disenfranchise Tutsis. And in 90s, it erupted into full-fledged genocide.
Clearly, this is an oversimplification. And I'm too lazy right now to go upstairs and pull citations out of the shelf full of books I have on the subject. But, for an awesome read about the genocide, its origins, and its ramifications, check out We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch. You might also check out Rene Lemarchand's writings, especially Political Awakening in the Belgian Congo, Burundi: Ethnocide as Discourse and Practice, and & The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa*. I don't know that those can be accessed online, but this article of his also discusses the complexities of the Rwandan genocide.
And, since this is ELI5, here's the TL;DR:
When Europeans drew borders in Africa, they didn't care about the people there. Lots of times, this lead to later civil wars because two groups that were enemies had been lumped in together or because one group was split up between two different countries so they'd try to leave and make their own new country. But what happened in Rwanda in the 1990s was a little bit different, and a lot more complicated.
This is especially true when times are challenging. It's also self reinforcing.
So say you have two groups that live near each other and get along well. Then there is a famine and people are starving.
Group A starts looking out for their own because they empathize with them more, or they are more closely related, or whatever. They then start to fight over the resources to make sure their group is taken care of. Maybe they steal from the other group or maybe they think (real or not) the other group is stealing from them. You get people just wanting to "protect ourselves" and this idea of us vs. them really sets in. Toss in a few murders or maybe Group A riots and burns down an area dominated by Group B.
Now even after the hard times have passed things can't easily go back to the way things were before. Group B has legitimate reasons to be mad at Group A. They burned down their houses and killed a bunch of their people. Group A knows Group B hates them and is out to get them so they had better act first.
Group A maybe feels guilty about burning so many people alive but some rationalization will help with that. Did you know Group B actually set the fire in the first place and they are just trying to blame Group A? Did you know Group B are all thieves so they only got what's coming to them.
It's very easy for this to spiral out of control and very hard to pull back from it.
If you want to read a book that highlights how badly things can go I'd recommend, [We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda] (http://www.amazon.com/Wish-Inform-Tomorrow-Killed-Families/dp/0312243359)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda and Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda.
Also Survival in the Killing Fields
don't pull an into the wild!
I'd recommend reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer before you do anything. It's a real-life story of a guy who really did go to Alaska to live in nature. He died fairly quickly. Wild by Cheryl Strayed is another book worth reading.
Living remotely in nature is great, and I get the appeal. But learn everything you possibly can about wilderness survival, and definitely take classes with other people, so you can have input from real experts on what you're missing. And read about where others went wrong, because nature is unforgiving and brutal. It doesn't care about you. It gives no shits about you finding your inner peace/strength/whatever. If you mess up, a painful death awaits. So if you're really going for it, be as smart and prepared as possible.
*Also see a doc about getting vaccinations. Tetanus is no joke, man.
He talked about how Eric Harris was a textbook psychopath and Dylan Klebold was a angry depressive. That Eric wasn't a loner but actually popular because he was a sociopath. Dylan had come under Eric's "spell" and they weren't bullied but rather bullies themselves. Some myths about how Eric and Dylan targeted Christians which were not true they killed at random. He also talked about how the plan went astray. He really didn't talk about video games other than the Doom levels which he said no of them resembled Columbine High School.
If you want to know more about the Columbine Shooting
http://www.amazon.com/Columbine-Dave-Cullen/dp/0446546925/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1372520918&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Columbine
Here ya go
http://www.amazon.com/Columbine-Dave-Cullen/dp/0446546925
That is the fundamental disagreement. I don't think we have a "gun problem". We have problems with people.
If we snap our fingers and all the guns disappear, we still have crazy people, we still have violent people, we still have terrorism. Europe is up to their eyeballs in truck attacks, grenade attacks and stabbings. Even in the gun-free paradise of the UK. Australia is currently dealing with gang shootings in a country where handguns are essentially banned.
We have issues with:
The most difficult problem is the last one. We are in a society where huge numbers of people take medications to deal with depression, anxiety and various personality disorders. If we go tell those people they are too dangerous to own guns, they're going to get upset. You can go all the way back to the clocktower sniper to see links between medications and violence.
I would encourage you to read Columbine if you have a legitimate interest in understanding some components of this. You can take a tldr away that those shooters bought guns that were compliant with the assault weapons ban of the day. They were using rifles that had 10rd magazines and sawed off shotguns.
edit: To answer your question directly, I don't think there is political will to handle any of the major causes of these problems and that nothing will be done. The next shooter already has his guns. The shooter after that probably does too. It's 100% going to happen again. Until we as a society are ready to tackle the really ugly problems under the surface instead of just posting hashtags about turning rifles into manhole covers, it's not going to stop. Arming teachers and what not can only help to a degree.
A few recommendations that come to mind:
Here's the recommended reading list on this subreddit's sidebar.
I personally started off with Peter Lynch's One Up on Wall Street. It's a good book for beginners to help you start thinking about stocks analytically. Regardless of what you start off with though, definitely follow it up with The Intelligent Investor. That is a fundamental book with some big concepts in there such as "Mr. Market" and "Margin of Safety"... but it's not an easy read until you have some foundation first.
http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362
http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Master-Lightning-Margaret-Cheney/dp/158663187X
There was a study (of a sort) done a few years back that showed the incidence of psychopathy was something like 4x among CEOs than it is in the general populace (4% rather than 1%). I say 'of a sort' because it wasn't really held to stringent standards; it was simply for this guy's book.
And let me stop the train here: I am not saying this as a put-down to corporate environments or executives; I am not against 'big business' or high-paid executives. It's just that a functional sociopath would be an extremely good CEO or other executive position, so it would make sense that these people would 'filter to the top' in a corporate environment.
On that note, and along with the point of applying the "demon" term being unfair, this is a great quote from that article linked:
> I can look at, say, Dominique Strauss Kahn, who, if one assumes that what one is hearing about him is true, certainly he hits a huge amount of items on the checklist — the $30,000 suits, the poor behavioral controls, the impulsivity, the promiscuous sexual behavior. But of course when you say this you’re in terrible danger of being seduced by the checklist, which I really like to add as a caveat. It kind of turns you into a bit of a psychopath yourself in that that you start to shove people into that box. It robs you of empathy and your connection to human beings.
To use a quote from the Amazon page: As the study of psychology evolves, we're going to more and more see that "relatively ordinary people are .. defined by their maddest edges". I'm not entirely sure about how good I feel about that, but I do feel it is getting truer every day.
you should definetely ready this book
http://www.amazon.com/Solitary-Fitness-Charlie-Bronson/dp/1844543099
Of these projects, I most enjoyed The Wire. But it's worth evaluating each of these projects in terms of what they were trying to accomplish, since they all had different goals.
This was adapted from Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, but I don't know how much Simon worked on the show day-to-day.
This show is much more of a crime procedural than any of the other works here. And with a few notable exceptions—e.g., Luther Mahoney or Brodie—the near-exclusive default point-of-view is that of the police.
The show was groundbreaking for network TV at the time. For one thing, at least one of the main-cast characters was a cop who was an asshole and basically corrupt. This show also demonstrated that the bosses and their subordinates do not always see eye-to-eye, and not just in the "crusty-but-benign" way described in the movie Network, either. Most cop shows at the time didn't just show cops, but they identified with the cops' perspective. (This is still pretty common today.) This is legitimate, but showing that cops have human foibles which have on-the-job repercussions was taking a chance, especially for a network show at that time. And, like The Wire, it got critical acclaim but relatively small (but devoted!) audiences.
The show's style was very different from that of, say, The Wire. For example, it had a non-diegetic score and camera moves that were more likely to draw attention to themselves. H:LotS also included collaborations with Baltimore native Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana. The latter went on to create HBO's Oz, and you can see plenty of influence there from Homicide.
H:LotS was also able to attract high-level talent throughout its run. Not only was the regular and recurring cast very strong (as you'd likely expect, even without having seen a single episode), but it attracted a number of actors best known for their film work. As just one example, Robin Williams appeared in the second season premiere, playing the husband of a crime victim. Steve Buscemi played an odious racist. Arguably, though, the most memorable guest appearance was Moses Gunn as Risley Tucker, the sole suspect in the homicide of 11-year old Adena Watson. Gunn may not be a household name, but he's been in projects from the original Shaft to Roots to stage performances.
Homicide was also remarkable, especially at the time, in that it shot on location in Baltimore. (For context, consider that Vancouver (almost) never plays itself; typically, a show at the time would be shot in New York or Los Angeles, even it it's set in another city.) It also helped establish some of the vocabulary familiar to those who've watched The Wire: "the box", "the board", etc.
This was a six-part miniseries for HBO based on David Simon's book about real-life addicts and dealers. If Homicide was primarily a show from the perspective of the cops, The Corner introduced what life was really like for those who lived in places like West Baltimore.
For me, Homicide was always more stylized in its aesthetic, but more traditional in the types of stories it tried to tell. It was groundbreaking relative to other cop shows, but it still chose the cops' vantage points as the default. The Corner inverted this.
A lot of the content from The Corner will be familiar to those who've already seen The Wire. (And, conversely, those who've seen The Corner would have some useful frame of reference for the events depicted in The Wire.) One attribute The Corner clearly focused on was authenticity. Homicide was a solid show, but The Corner felt real. Much of the cast of The Corner reappears in The Wire, too. And some of the real-life people whose lives Simon chronicled in his book played minor characters on The Wire. One of the most notable examples was the late DeAndre McCullough, who played Brother Mouzone's assistant Lamar.
Again: a killer cast. A good story, well-told. And, for a change-of-pace: even some Emmy nominations and wins!
I trust you're all familiar with this, right? :)
I think having laid some groundwork with the reporting which underlay Homicide and The Corner, The Wire had the basis to be incredibly ambitious. It told stories from the perspectives of cops and dealers and dope fiends and stevedores and City Hall and newspaper newsrooms. It also had a definite point-of-view, and it was unafraid to advocate for its argument, but by showing and not merely telling. Yes, it's about all the conflict between characters on all sides of the law. But it's also making some very important arguments: the drug war is unwinnable, and the consequences of that gratuitous futility are disastrous for countless people. Deindustrialization of big cities leaves the corner as the only employer in town. Actual reform that will have any kind of substantive effect will require something other than the standard bromides that have typically gotten politicians elected and re-elected. And so on.
This is a seven-part HBO miniseries based on the book Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Ice Man, Captain America, and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright, documenting those American Marines who were the tip-of-the-spear in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. As with The Corner and The Wire, this goes out of its way to convey authenticity, especially in the context of the military jargon. Oh, and you get to see Baltimore native James Ransone, who played Ziggy, as a Marine, too.
This is Simon's love letter to the city of New Orleans, set in the immediate aftermath of Hurrican Katrina. Again: a killer cast, including everyone from Clarke Peters (who played Lester) to Khandi Alexander (who played Fran Boyd on The Corner) to New Orleans native Wendell Pierce (Bunk Moreland) to John Goodman (in damn-near EVERY movie) to Stephen Colbert's bandleader Jon Batiste (as himself).
For me, Treme was solid, but it was less compelling than The Wire. A lot of the goal of Treme was to show the importance and centrality of New Orleans to American culture, in everything from music to food. For me, that case seemed secondary to the lives of the characters themselves. Many of the themes from The Wire are familiar: indifferent institutions, crime and violence, etc. But it also has some ferociously good performances, amazing music performed live, and an important reminder that life for so many in New Orleans still wasn't really "after Katrina" yet, even years after the storm, because of just how much destruction was caused all around.
Oh, and like The Wire (among others), Treme cast a lot of local New Orleans natives who lived through the storm, as well as musicians who hadn't grown up with training as actors.
The title comes from an F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy". Like The Corner, this is another six-part HBO miniseries adapted from a nonfiction book. It's about a huge fight that the city of Yonkers, NY had with federal courts by resisting efforts to remedy housing segregation.
Some of the themes should be familiar: a stellar cast including Oscar Isaac, Winona Ryder (in a role I wouldn't have expected for her), Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, and Clarke Peters (again). As you might have guessed from the quote, this story doesn't have a happy ending for everyone. The main theme is about how to do the right thing, especially as an elected official, in the face of violent opposition from much of the city, and what cost doing the right thing will entail.
This is a forthcoming David Simon series about the world around Times Square in the 1970s: pornography, just as it was becoming legalized, HIV/AIDS, drug use, and the economic conditions of the city at the time. Even if the whole team totally dropped the ball here, I'm sure this will be better than HBO's 1970s music drama Vinyl, at a minimum.
The cast includes James Franco (playing twins), Maggie Gyllenhaal, Anwan Glover (Slim Charles), Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. (D'Angelo Barksdale), Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka), and Gbenga Akinnagbe (Chris Partlow). Oh, and the pilot is being directed by Michelle MacLaren, whose directing credits include Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Westworld, among others.
Great list! I have read all the above and totally agree that their value is worthwhile to anyone seeking to improve their life -- regardless of financial status, relationships, profession, etc. A couple others that I've found useful along the road:
6. The Six Pillars of Self Esteem by N. Branden. During the reawakening stage and after a particularly painful breakup, I found this book helpful. Learning the concept of "alone-ness" versus "loneliness" continues to drive many motivations.
7. Games People Play by Eric Berne. Want to understand why your plate/gf/wife went batshit insane over the stupidest thing, and how to counteract it in the future? Read this book. Want to understand why your coworker was making those strange comments to your boss? Read this book - a must for anyone wanting to learn more about game theory and its application to everyday life. (Next on my list is The Art of Strategy ).
8. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. In many ways this is an antithesis to Freudian thought -- whereas Freud argued man is happy when seeking and obtaining pleasure, Frankl postulates that finding meaning and understanding is what makes us happy. In the context of TRP theory, meditating on, if not fully understanding, these concepts is absolutely necessary.
9. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini. The seminal work on the concept and application of persuasion. From negotiations to dating/relationships to job performance, I would rank this book at the top of many lists.
A few other authors/books I've seen mentioned elsewhere that are worth checking out: anything by Kurt Vonnegut, The Art of War by Sun Tzu (which goes hand in hand with The Prince for a great East/West study), and Rollo Tomassi. I've also found some of Oscar Wilde's writing to be both amusing and insightful.
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I've previously had a lot of success using cognitive behavioural therapy and this CBT book is very good. Change Your Thinking - Sarah Edelman (I linked to a CBT resource with lots of other books.
I have also just finished reading Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl and have been profoundly affected by that.
It's out - I ordered a copy on Amazon yesterday.
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924
I think this is just another example of why it sucks to be British
It was visionary, it changed personal computing, it was not successful.
>This is an undeniable truth.
No its not. You are looking at history through revisionist lenses. Even Jobs states it was a failure in his own autobiography for goodness sake. You are confusing influential with commercially successful.
>How anyone can call a Macintosh a commercial failure is beyond me.
Yeah, how Apple and Steve Jobs can call the original Macintosh a failure is beyond you.
>Also wtf is valuewalk?
How about, the L.A Times then. Heard of them? You know, who the article sourced.
And who is the LA Times sourcing? Jobs biography. Heard of it?
These incidents are mentioned in Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs and also Steve Wozniak's autobiography, iWoz. Both of these books are well worth reading.
and look at Trump's amazing book with a similar number of reviews. Pure WIN!
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1474868989&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=stronger+together
I downvoted all 15 pages of 1 star comments.
My two favorites from recent times are the two books written by David Simon which sparked the HBO show "The Wire".
The Corner: A Year in the life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
The Corner follows a family, and others, in the streets of Baltimore. It's about drug addiction, the war on drugs, the welfare system, and the lives of families affected by these things.
Homicide is following the detective department of the Baltimore city police. I preferred this one to The Corner, but they are both great. They are both depressing, at times really funny, but always interesting and entertaining. Eye-opening too.
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon (creator of the Wire). This book is quite simply fantastic. There are things that happen on the streets of Baltimore that will make you laugh and cry and just plain question how some people even exist. I can't remember the last time I read a book that took me through the range of emotions that this one has. Rendering experiences against the backdrop of murder tends to throw everything into a harsh perspective that makes it easy to see what really matters and what doesn't. It will transform how you look at the world, and I can think of no higher compliment for a book.
A great book that deals with this is "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl
Congratulations! I know what a big step that is, as I've been in the same boat. Books are the best way to become informed. Check out books by:
Also check out the video series Why I am no longer a creationist.
The more you know, the more confident you will be.
The first step would be realizing that you are not alone. This book is written by an educate Jewish Doctor that survived Auschwitz. I recommend it to you. I hope I will never have to go through what those people went through, but this guy picked up and moved on, leaving wisdom on a disparate situation. If you cannot afford books check your library or pm me and I'll see what I can do. Cheer up!
This is a book that gave me some great insights as to WHY it seems to take so long, at times, and the road is so hard to get the answers to my prayers. I suggest picking it up. When Your Prayers Seem Unanswered
Also, one book I think every human being on earth aught to read at least once in their lifetime is "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. It really isn't a religious book, but it's in my top 10 spiritually uplifting books. It was his account of his struggles through the concentration camps in WWII. He was a psychologist and analyzed the process of endurance, what it takes to survive, and what it was like when people gave in. Its horrifying and uplifting at the same time. In your situation, you may find it comforting and validating.
A few books have changed my life. Most directly these two:
The Now Habit and Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
On a personal level of how I view the world Man's Search for Meaning by Vikto Frankl and The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology have helped me to understand the people in the world around me.
Spiritually, Siddhartha and the Book of John in the New Testament have helped me to be a better human being.
Victor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. It's not too heavy and its an important book in humanistic psych.
I never read the book,but here is a synopsis from the Amazon page:
In Our Revolution, Sanders shares his personal experiences from the campaign trail, recounting the details of his historic primary fight and the people who made it possible. And for the millions looking to continue the political revolution, he outlines a progressive economic, environmental, racial, and social justice agenda that will create jobs, raise wages, protect the environment, and provide health care for all―and ultimately transform our country and our world for the better. For him, the political revolution has just started. The campaign may be over, but the struggle goes on.
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924#productDescription_secondary_view_div_1493048054159
They also print his filibuster from 2010 in book form, which was all about corporate greed and the decline of the middle class.
I guess it depends on your definitions for words? I think he spent a lot of time addressing the systemic issues of which corruption is one. In the primary race, he tried to be tactful about invoking corruption in relation to the party and,uh, other candidates.
It's complicated?
That is precisely what he has been doing. It is the biggest reason he ran, and as an observer it was more important to him even than winning the last election. He made a point of saying whenever he stumped. He talks about a political revolution, a movement of young people getting involved in politics, constantly. And lots of people are running for positions all across the country because of it. Go to /r/political_revolution and see all the people he has inspired to run for office. Go to his movement's website, or read his book Our Revolution
He is focused on grooming successors for his ideology, so it's mind-boggling that you'd say he should as if he isn't.
This comment reminded me of another book along these lines. I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 He talks all about what it was like to join Google early.
Now that I thought of that I'm going through my reading history and think that Steve Jobs might also be interesting to you. There is also Wozniak's book iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It but since I have not read it I can't really comment on it.
As of today, for some reason, the Steve Jobs Kindle book is more expensive than the hardcover.
For those interested in keeping tabs:
Trump
Clinton
As of this writing Clinton is #1 in books, and Trump is #84.
All things considered, having Trump's book crack the Top 100 all from a relatively minor concentrated effort from The_Donald and /pol/ is quite impressive. They are competing in theory with a sizable national population.
The Art of the Deal (which I remember some memes said people should buy instead) is #362 as of this writing
Spez: Great Again is #16 (15:44 EDT)
Great Again
Edit: haha how the hell did I miss the fact that he already has a book by that title... subconscious... or great minds think alike...
Read Confessions of an Economic Hitman
> You often say oh hypocrite Americans you are all a bunch of immigrants let them all in you benefited from it
In terms of immigration, I think that you've missed the point. The reason that Americans are criticized for the current stance on illegal immigration is not because Americans benefited from it. It's because Americans created it.
1942 - USA creates the Bracero program. A short term program to allow immigrant laborers into the US to take low level jobs that soldiers would leave behind. Immigrant laborers would be the equivalent of indentured servants & would receive citizenship after 20 years of work. Scheduled to be terminated at the end of WWII.
1945 - WWII ends. Soldiers come back & don't want those jobs. Local farmers also don't want the American soldiers. This semi-slavery program means that these farmers won't slip up (even once) for risk of losing their shot at becoming Americans. The program is extended indefinitely.
Interim A lot happens between here and 2000. Noriega, United Fruit, Panama Canal - the list is long. The US regularly arms militias in South America for personal gain. Every country has a different story but the net result is that the US uses economical levers to profit from and keep countries controlled. I'm not going to go into detail but if you actually want detail "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" goes into more than you can stomach.
1969 - The US officially terminates the program. This part is key because it is now illegal but encouraged by the government & wanted by the employers.
1986 - US grants amnesty to many of the undocumented residents. Taking ownership of the half century of exploitation & promising to end it.
1989 - US grants amnesty to others who were not included but should have been
1989 - 2001 - It's about as neutral as it gets. The US does nothing to crack down on immigration but it also doesn't provoke the issue.
2001 9/11 attacks change everything for the US. It now needs to monitor and protect it's borders to assure that contraband isn't coming through & it can't do that with a lax policy.
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So, do you need to support something that you benefited from? You certainly don't need to support continuing it. But that thing you benefited from didn't just appear in a vacuum. It was probably created. And if it was created by someone or something (like a country) which you do support, then I do think that you can't completely disavow what happened when it stops being convenient.
Edit - Added references
If you want to find out how it all works, read Confessions of an Economic Hit Man - by John Perkins. In short, the US instigates everything from the presence of those corporations in those countries, to the wars being fought over (like bigmacd24 said) nationalization of those industries. It's a fascinating read.
Psychopaths (sociopath is not used anymore, clinically) seem to show signs that their amygdala (a center of the brain important to emotional response and thus empathy) is damaged, possibly from birth, meaning that no matter what they do they will never care about other people truly as we wish they could.
LSD has been given to psychopaths and murderers since the 70s as part of psychological research and if I remember correctly it didn't work at all.
Source: Recently read The Wisdom of Psychopaths
and The Psychopath Test
EDIT: Also see this from a few weeks ago Sociopath seeking advice to achieve enlightenment.
>For instance, nobody desires to be a true sociopath (ie: physically and chemically cannot feel good or evil), and those who are true sociopaths... well... many do not function well in society. Like it or not, what God defines as good... really is good
That is not a sociopath. Sociopaths lack empathy, but they may be acutely aware of societal norms. Jon Ronson just wrote a book about socio/psychopaths. I would suggest you read up on the Euthyphro dilemma. We can debate all day about the meaning of "good", but the god in the bible is not it. Condoning rape, commanding genocide, condemning though crime, those are the acts of the god of the bible. Those are not in any way good. If you want to know a little more about modern views of morality you should read up on the evolutionary causes of morality. Sam Harris wrote a very good book about it recently
>How much evil should God get rid of divinely?
Well, none of it according to the bible. Isiah 45:6-7 (Young's literal translation but you can look it up in whichever version you like)
>So that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me, I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else, Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I [am] Jehovah, doing all these things.'
This is interesting to read in the wake of the release of Jon Ronson's recent book that looks at psychopathic leaders. I think people tend to like having others do their dirty work for them, whether it's their bosses doing high-level dirty work or the cleaners doing low-level dirty work. Rudely aggressive people can be a temptation (not always, of course, but this also seems to fit an intimate relationship stereotype, doesn't it?), as long as you can preserve the hope that they'll point that thing in someone else's direction.
Edit: The reference to cleaners is intended to be in connection with the more literal "dirty work," not rudeness or aggression.
Also somewhat relevant if you want to understand what happens in communities after tragedy, including the spreading of rumors and the invention of fake eye-witness testimony (anyone ever heard the falsified Cassie story about the girl who claimed she believed in God before being shot?):
Columbine by Dave Cullen
This article is a crappy summary of the amazing book by Dave Cullen: http://www.amazon.com/Columbine-Dave-Cullen/dp/0446546925/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1376335876&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=columbine
If you're interested, I highly recommend it. However, as a parent (also as a human) there were parts of it that were extremely difficult to read.
> I started trading after weeks of reading documentation/watching videos about the basics of any FOREX market, technical analysis and fundamental analysis etc.
After you've been trading longer you will realize that 99% of all that stuff you've read is wrong and written by people that don't trade for a living. When you can sort the 1% that's real out of the other 99% written by "professionals" you can consider yourself at least a novice trader.
I started trading the dot com bubble in the late 90's and did quite well for about 3 years. Then a bear market arrived and I realized two things:
Edit: If you haven't read it yet, you should read Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. It's useful and very entertaining as well. It is just as relevant today as when it was first published in 1923!
I'll give you some books to use as a starting point. You want to start out as generally as possible and then follow what interests you. Someone can give you a list of top books, but if they don't fascinate you enough to really dig in deep and reflect on them to sate your own curiosity, you'll just be scratching the surface. I don't care what it is, you can make money anywhere in the markets. So starting generally will help you find out what direction to go.
So, that said, these are the ones I'd recommend starting out with
https://www.amazon.com/Market-Wizards-Updated-Interviews-Traders/dp/1118273052
https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Edwin-Lef%C3%A8vre/dp/0471770884
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400063515/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684840073/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809045990/
Some less conventional ones I really liked
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1578645018/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1422121038/
Chaos theory describes some properties that pop up again and again in markets. I really liked this one.
https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Simplicity-Bringing-Order-Complexity/dp/140006256X
I also highly recommend finding a few good books on behavioral investing, just to get acquainted with the common mistakes investors make (how you can avoid them, and how you can exploit them). I don't have a lot here because the books I read are outdated and you can find better. So one example:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470067373/
But in general reading about psychology will help you understand the world better, and that's always a good thing.
https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202
https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Edwin-Lef%C3%A8vre/dp/0471770884
You should read or listen to that book.
Dont trade in that first couple hours your Ritalin starts working or you'll make a shit decision that you feel really good about lol
Longer, but Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is great.
I suggest you read a few books about speculation and poker betting strategies as well as historical investment bubbles.
Read the classics as there's nothing new about human nature and human nature is what moves all asset prices. Ask yourself this question; Why do people pay a half a billion dollars for art that most people wouldn't hang on their walls for free?
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Reminiscenses of a Stock Operator is a pretty good and easy read to start with. 2,3 & 4 are good. Michael Lewis' Big Short and Liar's Poker are pretty entertaining and definitely worth picking up.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679785892/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_XzoQybCF1QY5T
I recommend:
These kids today just have no appreciation for the great literature of the '70s.
If you want to be an active investor in any way...
Beyond these, I would 100% say, get some practice buying stocks / funds. Open a Robinhood account with a very small amount of $. Buy some individual stocks and set rules about when you can or can't sell them. At the end of the sell or hold period, evaluate what went wrong or right. Learn to understand if there was an error in your process / analysis, or if it's just the nature of the market as a whole. These things will never be straightforward, but I know I personally learned a lot when I started as I tended to get caught investing in a lot of value traps. Alternative to Robinhood, you can use Investopedia, although it's probably better to learn when you actually have some skin in the game so you can understand aversion to loss.
If you don't care to be an active investor...
Just buy an index fund. You can read stuff like Boglehead's guide to investing, a Random Walk on Wall St, or any other index fund bibles, but the main conclusion to all of these books is that you are going to suck at beating the market, and you should just buy index funds. So if you don't care to try to beat the market, you can just skip most of the reading, find a passive portfolio (3 fund, all-weather, or just buying SPY since you're young) and just build up a base in a passive way and ignore returns until you're over 50 years old.
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books. Big Profits) - Jack Bogle - Vanguard Founder. No gimmicks. Simple, low-cost, and passive indexing for buy and hold investors.
One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market Peter Lynch was a fund manager of one of the most successful actively managed funds. Active investing. Buy companies that are really successful at getting you to buy their product. Observe the world around you type of investing.
I would recommend "One up on Wall Street" by Peter Lynch. It does have some formulas but it is otherwise a pretty easy ready and shows you how to value companies. Hope this helps! http://www.amazon.com/One-Up-Wall-Street-Already/dp/0743200403/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1417723295&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=one+up+on+wall+street
Securities Analysis by Graham is good too, also One up on Wall street by Lynch is another great one for investors.
"One Up on Wall Street" by Peter Lynch was a good read and pretty informative about the basics of reading financials and where to find companies to invest in.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743200403/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
Não tens de agradecer, my pleasure. Assim de repente, alguns clássicos e outros livros que possam ser úteis:
- Rich Dad Poor Dad
- One Up on Wall Street
- The Intelligent Investor
- Everyday Millionaires
- Your Money, Your Life
- Side Hustle
- Motley Fool for Teens - não leves a mal ter escolhido a edição "for teens" - é só porque é um excelente guia para quem está a começar e vai investir quantias pequenas só para molhar o pé. Se quiseres algo mais completo, tudo o que é do Motley Fool (incluindo o site, newsletters e podcast) é bom.
Em português não conheço muito e o único que me vem à cabeça é este do Pedro Queiroga Carrilho.
You have a few more history lessons I think:
https://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463
Hadith book collections such as Al-Buhkari are basically a collection of hadiths organized topically. It doesn't provide much in the department of context and what rulings can be derived from each hadith. some hadiths were valid for a set period of time for specific circumstances and then the rule changed later. Scholars call this "Al-Nasikh wa al-Mansukh" and it is found in the hadith as well as the Quran.
My point is that books like Al-Buhkari are meant as raw data for scholars who study the context and the reasons and the conclusions of rulings in the hadith. Not for the layman to causally read through.
If you want to read hadiths that are organized for the layman here are a few suggestions from the sidebar:
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Incoherence of Philosopher- Al Gazali
The Road To Makkah - Muhammad Asad
In the Footsteps of the Prophet-Tariq Ramdan
Musnavi-Rumi
The Burda of Al Busiri
Islamic Caliphate - Shah Wali Ullah
The First Book separates the subject of philosophy and religion very well, the second is an excellent biography of a journey of man to Islam, Third book is a very good start to know about the prophet, fourth and fifth are very beautiful 100 level Sufi books, The last book does a very good job in explaining what an Islamic Empire actually is.
Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan recommends this book to get a better understanding of the linguistics in the Qur'an.
I recommend this book of sirah to get better acquainted with Islam and its origins. Very easy reading.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda is a powerful read about the Rwandan genocide.
Shake hands with the devil A very detailed account of the Rwandan genocide and the problems the head of the UN mission faced to get the world to try and care about what went on.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
Stories from the survivors of the genocide in Rwanda. Gives another side of the story to compare and contrast against Gen Dallaire's account.
Auschwitz : The Nazis & The 'Final Solution'
The title says it all...
Good book covering this grim event We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families
About the Rwanda genocide. One of the best I've ever read.
we wish to inform you...
[Into The Wild] (http://www.amazon.com/Into-Wild-Jon-Krakauer/dp/0385486804/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1397008013&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=into+the+wild)
Picked it up on the fly at my local library in high school. I love non-fiction and the story of a boy deciding to drop everything and move to the Alaskan wilderness sounded amazing. And it was!
Bonus: the book turned into a movie, and it was actually really good!
Might I recommend you read "Into the Wild" by Job Krakauer...that should point you in the right direction...and also show you some mistakes to avoid.
well. A book that changed my life back when I was 15 was Walden from Thoreau. I threw away everything I owned. yeah I mean everything even my bed. I own nothing that dates from before I was 15. Would this have the same effect today? who knows.
back then, the book Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche had something to to with me ''taking a break'' from school, contributing too did: genealogy of Morals, into the wild, Adorno - dialectic of Enlightenment ( had no idea what that guy was talking about back then but made me real queasy about the world nonetheless.)
books that changed my life recently: Lying from Sam Harris. Steven Pinker - Enlightenment now made me pick a lot of fights with people who like to hate this world.
Insanity of Normality made me forgive some people I had real bad feelings toward, though I'm sceptical now of what is said in the book
unless you understand german you won't be able to read this: Blödmachinen , made me a snob in regards to media. Bernard Stieglers books might have the same effect in english
oh and selfish gene by Dawkins made me less judgmental. Don't know why. I just like people more
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oh lest I forget: Kandinsky - Concerning The Spiritual in Art made me paint my appartement black blue; Bukowski and the Rubaiyat made me drink more, Born To Run made me run barefoot, Singers Practical Ethics made me donate money and buy far less stuff.
Even though it is not directly about DN I can recommend reading into the wild (http://amzn.to/1NA0OAN) because I think it shows how being too dedicated to something can harm you in the end.
Other than that there is the four hour work week: http://amzn.to/1VqMekU
Several books about blogging if that's something you are interested in: http://amzn.to/23sLGAX
You might also want to read up on vehicles online,
www.desktodirtbag.com is a guy living in his truck most of the year and there are several good blogs about living in vans.
There's another book of Feynman anecdotes titled, curiously, What Do You Care What Other People Think. Enjoy!
Anything by Simon Singh is worth reading. In addition to what others have recommended, these books are good:
[The man who loved only numbers](http://www.amazon.com/MAN-WHO-LOVED-ONLY-NUMBERS/dp/0786884061/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1254333710&amp;sr=8-1
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Flatland
Prisoner's Dilemma
A mathematician reads the newspaper
A mathematician plays the stock market
Innumeracy: mathematical illiteracy and its consequences
Also, while not exactly about Maths:
Surely you are joking, Mr Feynman
What do you care what other people think?
The Art of Computer Programming
As long as you're happy ... you're happy. Why do you care what other people think, Mr. Feynman? (link)
Naturally the true test of a model is "out of sample testing", in which you use the model to predict the results of a new experiment before you perform the experiment. In particular, you predict and then perform a new experiment whose parameter-set was not used in the creation of the model and the fitting of its parameters k_cooler and k_steak.
Ah, see, I understand where you're coming from albeit on the opposite side of the spectrum. In a strong breeze, I'm likely to blow away. Last week, I started going to the gym. It's full of guys that are likely to break someone like me in two just by looking at them.
But you know what else is interesting? There are a couple of people in terrible shape, totally obese, that are making an effort to shed pounds. No one stares or cracks jokes. If someone has a question, the regulars answer it. They're thrilled to see people that want to better themselves. All you need to do is take that first step.
My best advice is to start walking more, no need to jog. Instead of eating 5 slices of pizza, eat 3 and have a salad. Little cuts will make a large impact.
If you're interested, I can check with my buddy and see what he did to lose weight. On average, he lost 5 pounds a week through diet and exercise.
PS - If you're looking for something to read, check out Feynman's What do you care what other people think? If I can live half the life he did, I will be content.
Stop caring about what people think and you could become a Nobel Prize winning physicist.
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills
Great book. Couldn't put it down.
93 confirmed kills
Edit: Link fix
> marine sniper.
Make sure you know what you're talking about when you try to correct people, man.
http://www.amazon.com/Marine-Sniper-93-Confirmed-Kills/dp/0425103552/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1412492245&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=marine+sniper
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills by Charles Henderson.
F.N.G. by Donald Bodey
[All Quiet on the Western Front] ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0449213943?pc_redir=1413280394&amp;robot_redir=1) by Erich Maria Remarque
We're so far apart I don't think this discussion is going to go anywhere, however I would genuinely recommend you read Cullen's book as you clearly have an interest in the topic and it is the definitive factual account of the events. As a reporter for the Rocky Mountain News at the time he was one of the first on the scene and continued his research for a decade afterwards, getting better access to police records, families, etc etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Columbine-Dave-Cullen/dp/0446546925/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1406392763&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=columbine+by+dave+cullen
Get comfortable, I wrote you a book.
tl;dr: You want to make a quick buck and you are letting that desire cloud your thinking. You - and you alone - are responsible for yourself and for the consequences of your decisions. Do whatever you want, but recognize that your decisions now are setting up your future. Your decisions. You came here and posted this question and you got good advice. You can reject it if you want to, but own your choices. No one is impressed by "I wasn't really thinking about it." You are just starting life. Who do you admire? Who don't you want to be like? What do you want in life? How can you maximize your chances of making that happen? What do you have to do? Be sure of yourself. Then do it.
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I agree with the majority of what has been written. I also wonder if your mind is made up on this. It shouldn't be, but either way:
You would be doing yourself an incredibly good service by taking your motivation and sense of entrepreneurship and putting it toward something that isn't likely to ruin much of your life while simultaneously closing most of the doors which are currently open to you. (Yes, that means doing something legal. Particularly now.).
From what I'm reading, I suspect that it's important you choose something challenging. Something you think is challenging and which you actively decide to do. Put yourself on the line and work your ass off. Be responsible for your own success and be proud of it. Own your life, because - surprise - you already do. Importantly, put your work in toward something where when you fail you can talk proudly about it with anyone; you can put it on your resume, even use it to show people - yourself - that you are capable. And hell, you might succeed. You will succeed if you learn from your mistakes and keep trying. That's how entrepreneurship works -- through failure. (Reference Scott Adams, How to Fail at Almost Everything And Still Win Big. Or here, for free
I'll be straight with you: You seem to have a lot of drive and focus for things that you want to do, but your attitude surrounding that is shit. You also don't seem to have learned from your mistakes. You made some quick money with drugs and you now have none of it. (Also, you're comfortable selling drugs but not comfortable collecting a Government benefit which you would be 100% entitled to? One which probably exists for people in exactly your situation, among others? Accept yourself.)
It seems like you think you know what you want to do so you are seeing everything else as pointing you toward that decision. That's normal. But look at what people wrote here. You may think of yourself as restricted, bound, or labeled because of a charge on your record. A charge from when you were a kid, which is probably going to disappear at some point rather soon. You obviously know that school is important but you are blaming cigarettes for your absences? Dude: You control yourself and you are responsible for yourself. You smoke. There are consequences. They aren't the fault of nicotine. No one but you can change things, and that will never happen through defeatism or shifting responsibility. (I have my own addictions, btw.) I get that you don't like school. Pretty much no one loves it. But have you actually tried? Have you worked hard at something you don't like and done well? When was the last time? Have you even talked to people at your school about what you want and what you dislike? What your challenges are? Do you know what you want?
Figure that shit out, man. It's important. Take responsibility for yourself, because everyone else is going to expect that from you if they don't already. You dictate your future. View that as a huge opportunity rather than something negative and you are on the right track.
It seems like you probably know all these things. You are clearly thinking, which is a good sign and is also more than many other people your age are doing. I suggest bringing people in on your thought processes (beyond Reddit), such as a school guidance counselor or someone who you look up to because of what they have accomplished for themselves. You don't have to listen to what they say.
>I feel like I could do better applying my skills somewhere else - >namely, selling narcotics as well as keeping a job.
"Namely"? Those don't follow. It's also telling that you wrote "selling narcotics" and "keeping a job" as separate things. You are looking to make quick cash. My take - a random person on the Internet who has been successful in business and who also likes drugs (too much): the risks FAR outweigh the rewards. That's why the potential return is higher than the pay for flipping burgers. Not because it's harder, but because you don't go to jail and likely ruin the rest of your life's opportunities for flipping burgers. It's too easy to only see the rewards from where you are standing. Remember how the money you made is poof gone? There are a lot more ways in which that same story is likely to replay itself if you keep following the world it came out of.
You know that growing and selling weed is not your only option. You want to grow things? I bet you could make a solid amount of money growing and selling niche plants. Legal ones. I even know someone who does that, though I'm obviously not saying you should do that specific thing. (And be smart, if you don't know a business don't start it. Plants? Get a job at a plant nursery or something.) I honestly agree with the people who are saying "Get yourself a job." Do that. And take heed to the warnings about girlfriend. I'm sure she's great. Don't think with your dick, and don't get her pregnant any time soon.
There's something else I don't know if you see: There are a lot of ways you can improve your situation in life and improve yourself. Things which you can do to separate yourself from your personal history of rocky family stuff, smoking at a young age, drugs, shaky school, iffy decisions, etc. You can also tie yourself to your personal history - very tightly. That's an ACTIVE CHOICE and it's one you are making pretty much right now. The whole "get a legitimate job and try at life" thing? That is a strong way in which you could show yourself and everyone else that you are capable of running your life. Anything which involves intelligently trying to improve your situation is awesome and people will notice it. Get a job, learn from your mistakes, work hard, be entrepreneurial, be smarter than many people and realize that mental health and fitness is important and deserves serious time and attention, figure out school - whatever that means for you, and don't let yourself be convinced by the thought processes you wrote about here and about which no one else seems to be as convinced as you.
Most of all, accept that you are in control of yourself and your future. Fuck it up because you don't try? That's on you. No one looks down on people who try, though. You came on Reddit and posted this question and you got a lot of good advice. Consider it. Reject it if you want, but if you do that you better do it actively. Own it. Don't pretend this page of solicited advice never existed. Today, tomorrow, always - you are making decisions about yourself, your life, and your future. You are in the driver's seat. What do you value? Who do you want to be? Who don't you value? What kind of person don't you want to be? How do people get where and what you want? How can you maximize your chances of getting there? Talk to people about that and think some more. Reread this if you want to. Go.
(Or don't. Your choice.)
Solitary Fitness https://www.amazon.com/dp/1844543099/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_GAoZCbZAQ9A0J
What is it you want to study at university? I did bio, chem, physics and math and I hated every single subject. They ultimately didn't matter when I went to study law. However, I'm pretty sure I would have hated literature, history and geography too.
My point is, it's two years. If you haven't already decided what you want your career to be, I'd say suck it up and go with the subjects (which are simply a glorified way of filtering academically inclined students) which give you the most options later. Your parents are right in that A level humanities aren't as useful as sciences in terms of options, but it doesn't matter if you already want to do law and are 100% sure you won't change your mind, for example.
That said, I had no idea wtf I wanted to do at that age, so I kept my options open. It's a systems building outlook for success - you make sure you are able to exploit opportunities that come along by acquiring as many skills/options as possible. Scott Adams has written quite a good book about it.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4
No, it's not that unusual. But it's not in the average, "HAY GUISE!" category. I do think it is weird, tho--imo, it's more fuck-with-your-mind than just a normal [crazy] dream.
And I don't know what reality-testing you're doing, but it sounds, to me, like you're doing it wrong? I mean, I can't imagine how I would ever be able to materialise a sandwich in front of me in my waking life. Unless you're saying you can't materialise sandwiches in your dreams because of this, I guess--I can see how that would be possible. What about reading written material, then looking away, then re-reading it? Does it stay consistent? That would be highly impressive to the point of nigh-unbelievable [to me personally] if you said you could do that in a dream.
Tbh, if you want to know more about it, you should read some books or even talk to people in /r/LucidDreaming; I'm not an expert. What I can say from my personal observations is that there do seem to be correlations between different personalities and the kinds of dreams people have.
The best example I can come up with off the top of my head that I didn't just make up: Researches have found memory & dreaming are somehow related. I've read it hypothesised that dreaming might be a mechanism which assists in memory storage. Also, psychopaths are known to both have poor memories as well as, for the most part, actually not experience dreams, or have very weak/pale ones. This is highly unusual, as you may already know, since even though many people can't remember their dreams this is not an indication of them not having dreams; everyone dreams, so it is said. However, psychopaths aren't considered to have the most normal personalities, anyway. (Iirc, these tidbits were cherry-picked from The Head Trip & The Psychopath Test.)
So anyway, as a lay person, I make wild personal speculations about how whatever it is that gives rise to personality also gives rise to types of dreams & dream experiences, but it's just for my own amusement & I haven't looked into it deeply enough to make some kind of insightful statement to you about this kind of "uncanny valley of waking consciousness" dream. But I guess usually that kind of thing seems to pop up when one's life is highly routine..? So perhaps trying something new & breaking out of your comfort zone could be in order?
I mean, if you like.
this is a pretty good book about a guy who started out average in pretty much every way and made it great: https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4
the basic idea is you can never stop grinding, fail fast, fail forward, and eventually something will stick
http://www.amazon.com/Solitary-Fitness-Charlie-Bronson/dp/1844543099
The thing you have to realize is, even if you fail at something, which everyone does, they provide invaluable learning opportunities. Your life will go on, even if it might not be the ideal field of study, and you will have gained something in the process. If you want this idea fleshed out some more, I highly recommend Scott Adams (the Dilbert guy) book on this very subject, it will definitely change you view on this matter.
> he also wrote a great book on body weight exercises
His book is called Solitary Fitness and you can find review of it HERE.
One of my favorite books makes great arguments for a lot of your points. He loves the idea of systems (over goals) but also dabbles in a lot of different things. I highly recommend reading it.
This book by Scott Adams (Dilbert Cartoonist) had a lot of these revelations and is surprisingly broad. For most people I think what stands out is to think of yourself as a moist programmable robot that can change even what you think you want through relatively simple actions
I read a book on socio paths/psychopaths(The Psychopath test). So I can recognise the behaviour before its too late. They are the best at faking emotions while not actually having any. I recommend it due to the fact it has enabled me to read people better.
Any books you'd recommend?
If you're taking suggestions I'd look at this one
Yes that one sorry I did not clarify further. https://www.amazon.ca/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4
I've found similarities between successful and those still trying about them using a system rather than goals. My friend decided to be good at sales and uses that system to teach others in his brokerage and has made millions. Look at the franchise model vs opening 1 really good restaurant. Usually the prior will succeed (obviously with proper processes aka systems in place)
How to Fail at Everything and still Win Big
Love this book. Really helped me gain some perspective and approach challenges in a different way.
There is an excellent book called Solitary Fitness by Charles Bronson (not that Charles Bronson) on just this sort of thing. I normally hesitate to recommend it here at the author is in jail with no possibility of parole and is normally described as "Britain's Most Violent Prisoner" by the press. When you read his book its fairly obvious he has a wide range of severe mental health issues.
However he had got himself into the Guinness Book of Records for several feats of fitness, strength and endurance despite only being able to train alone, either in his cell or a small bare exercise yard.
The book is a goldmine of ideas like this. I guess when you have years to sit and think about a problem you will come up with imaginative solutions.
The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson- Fascinating book about psychology and neuroscience about how psychopathic tendencies are pretty common among us humans. Very readable and entertaining.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson- Incredibly wide-ranging look at the developments of the universe and natural sciences from the big bang to today. It's an informative read but also contains Bryson's usual wit. Not my favorite book by Bryson but you will likely learn a lot and it's a worthwhile read.
It might be really risky.
There's a famous story that's summarized in The Psychopath Test where a person faked mental illness:
> Tony said the day he arrived at the dangerous and severe personality disorder (DSPD) unit, he took one look at the place and realised he’d made a spectacularly bad decision. He asked to speak urgently to psychiatrists. “I’m not mentally ill,” he told them.
Unfortunately no one believed him. The psychiatrists eventually concluded that only a psychopath would fake being a psychopath, and the dude was stuck there for years.
Probably not worth the risk.
What you need is a prison workout. Hope you like porridge.
http://www.amazon.ca/Solitary-Fitness-Charlie-Bronson/dp/1844543099 (this guy beats up English prison guards for fun, he knows his shit)
http://www.fitmole.org/prison-workout/
If you need more weight, put on a backpack with weight in it.
Here’s some great books I’m reading/have read recently that I recommend:
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Columbine
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
And here’s my favorite book about writing ever:
Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories That Resonate
"The Hegemony Consul sat on the balcony of his ebony spaceship and played Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp Minor on an ancient but well-maintained Steinway while great, green, saurian things surged and bellowed in the swamps below." - Hyperion, Dan Simmons
"Joe Gould is a blithe and emaciated little man who has been a notable in the cafeterias, diners, barrooms, and dumps of Greenwhich Village for a quarter of a century" - Up In The Old Hotel - Joseph Mitchell
"He told them he loved them" - Columbine - Dave Cullen
"Kazbek Misikov stared at the bomb hanging above his family. It was a simple device, a plastic bucket packed with explosive paste, nails, and small metal balls. It weighed perhaps eight pounds. The existence of this bomb had become a central focus of his life." - The School - C.J. Chivers
"It was summer; it was winter." The Long Fall of One-Eleven Heavy - MICHAEL PATERNITI
"The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan" Stiff: The Curious Lives of Cadavers - Mary Roach
Also anything by Andre Kostolany. You will get great insight on how the markets work.
You'll always have small fish and big players. Big players will use their power to profit, will try to manipulate as much as possible. If you're small, try to stay out of the big player's frequency. Usually big players manipulate markets shorter term. Try a mid to long term strategy. Don't get overwhelmed by short term price swings. This is a huge topic and these are very general recommendations, but still worth to ponder on. Develop a profitable strategy, then stick to it. Then change it.
My own pension strategy: buy bitcoins from 10% of my monthly personal income and do not care about its price. End of strategy. (I am saying this after 3 years of profitable FX daytrading and algo trading).
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I’ve heard McMillan on Options is a good read, though I haven’t read it myself.
A good book on psychology and market behavior is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Options as a Strategic Investment is personally what I read and it’s very easy to understand and has plenty of examples.
https://www.amazon.com/McMillan-Options-Lawrence-G/dp/0471678759
https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Edwin-Lefèvre/dp/0471770884/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=reminiscence+of+a+stock+operator&amp;qid=1565785781&amp;s=gateway&amp;sprefix=reminiscen&amp;sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/Options-as-Strategic-Investment-Fifth/dp/0735204659/ref=pd_aw_sbs_14_1/132-8096628-1903040?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=0735204659&amp;pd_rd_r=311ef362-2080-434e-899b-ea36ca08058a&amp;pd_rd_w=6v6iP&amp;pd_rd_wg=HtwRb&amp;pf_rd_p=3861f3e6-3054-41ac-9570-6a1994716f7e&amp;pf_rd_r=34KSEETK9NV6305R430Q&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=34KSEETK9NV6305R430Q
It is how I make my bread, day in and day out, so I can't complain. It'd be more helpful if you iterated what exactly you're interested in, but I'll list books/resources that I always give people to start out with. I think it's really important to get a solid understanding of how the entire system works before jumping straight in (which most people end up doing, and their performance shows it).
Lastly, when it comes to technical analysis I'm a huge fan of market profile. Here's a great free ebook about it: https://www.cmegroup.com/education/interactive/marketprofile/handbook.pdf
These are investing and trading books I'd read. Even if you don't believe their strategy, others do, and that makes them important to read.
http://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Investment-Classics/dp/0471770884
http://www.amazon.com/Trading-Living-Psychology-Tactics-Management/dp/0471592242/ref=pd_sim_b_27
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393315290/$%7B0%7D
http://www.amazon.com/Technical-Analysis-Financial-Markets-Comprehensive/dp/0735200661/ref=pd_sim_b_28
http://www.amazon.com/One-Up-On-Wall-Street/dp/0743200403/ref=pd_sim_b_26
Top books to get into Finance and trading. This first one is by far the most fundamental book. Most jobs you get you will be asked to read this, and even if you aren't its still an amazing read. Published in 1931, still very relevant today, you will read 10+ times over your Finance career
Reminiscences of a stock operator
Then the Market Wizards series by Jack Schwager
Market Wizards
Hedge Fund Market Wizards
The New Market Wizards
This is where I would start. GL
The real bad thing with trading (which investing actually is, just longer term) is that there really is no place to go for a good advice.
If the OP doesn't have time to do the research, then I would recommend looking into some managed accounts or funds (and doing the research there - it still requires research work).
I trade differently from the parent, I'm a techie/quant (well I do some fundie stuff too) so depending on your history, I would look into different methods on how to trade. There are plenty.
Buy and hold is what some people praise, especially those newbie stock books but I really wouldn't like to advocate that approach but that's just me.
edit: As some people posted links, I'll post some good books - forums tend to be full of crap and it takes at least of 6 months (at least, possibly years) to be able to understand who know something and what really is somehing you should be reading so here are some great books:
This is an easy to read, good book for beginners in a form of a story
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Currency-Trader-Trading-Courage/dp/0470049480
These two are must
http://www.amazon.com/Market-Wizards-Interviews-Top-Traders/dp/0887306101
http://www.amazon.com/New-Market-Wizards-Conversations-Americas/dp/1592803377
This is a real classic and still relevant
http://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Investment-Classics/dp/0471770884
This is good if you are interested in technical analysis/trading system design (and not too complicated)
http://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Investment-Classics/dp/0471770884
to complement these (and i know you asked for books):
video:
how the economic machine works
pdf:
turtle trading
i put this because this is the way real people making real money traded. and the rules are VERY simple.
books:
market wizards
reminiscences of a stock operator
urls:
the best investment advise you'll never get
--i will come back and edit this post and add some more stuff.
--> note, i RARELY trade single name stocks.
Based on the number of readings, I'd say Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (if you're only going to read one Thompson book in your life, this is it) and The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien.
Aesthetics are simply important to me when I am buying a physical product, especially in this day and age. I can buy an ebook without any aesthetic value whatsoever, but if I decide I like something so much that I want a physical copy, be it a movie or a CD or a book, if it applies, attraction will play a factor in my purchase. I've been looking for a non-movie cover version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for ages, simply because I don't like the glossy, absently considered DVD cover version that is most common. It doesn't need to be beautiful, since I was more than willing to buy the 70s-esque commonplace cover of Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, and there are always exceptions to the movie cover rule. For instance, I bought the 80s movie edition of the Great Gatsby with the Robert Redford cover because it was comically cheesy. I can't even find a picture of it on the Internet.
Getting married seems to be traditional. Alternatively
I think this is the book
http://www.amazon.com/One-Up-Wall-Street-Already/dp/0743200403/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1396303056&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=peter+lynch
My first read into investing was One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch. He did brilliantly with Fidelity's Magellan Fund and managed 29% annual return when he was the manager so I figured it'd be a good read. It's not too out there with technicalities and such so I think it's a great place to start.
These two books will cost you $20 bucks. But will help you make mad gainz in the future/prevent you from YOLO losses.
https://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Investor-Definitive-Investing-Essentials/dp/0060555661/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1494115578&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=investing+books
OR
https://www.amazon.com/One-Up-Wall-Street-Already/dp/0743200403/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1494115558&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=one+up+on+wall+street
Along with The Intelligent Investor I would like to recommend One Up On Wall Street as another one I would recommend.
I havent read "Candlestick Charting Explained", but as far as candlestick charting goes... Steve Nison's "Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques" is considered the bible. Candlesticks is really a discussion on price action... I think candlesticks can get you into a lot of trouble.
I think that Edwards and Magee "Technical Analysis of Stock trends" is looked upon more more favorably than Murphy for an overview of TA and methods. Though, IMO they both leave a lot to be desired. Really the best way to learn technical analysis is to find someone who uses these methods to execute trades and can explain the reasoning and risk-reward metrics behind their trades. If this interests you, I recommend Peter Brandt https://www.peterlbrandt.com/ He has a track record and has even written a book.
If i were to recommend a couple books
For true beginners in investing and don't want to spend time doing the "work": I recommend "4 pillars of investing" it discusses asset allocation and investing in a broad sense 4 Pillars
For beginners that want an intro to stocks: Greenblatt's "Little Book that beats the market" is the best book that I know of for an intro to stock investing. And it can be read in one sitting. Little Book
If you want to be a more active trader/investor in the market then I recommend:
Oneil's [How to make money in stocks] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00916ARYS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1)
Minervini's [Trade like a stock market wizard]
(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C1NKPUE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1)
Lynch's [One Up On Wall Street]
(https://www.amazon.com/One-Up-Wall-Street-Already/dp/0743200403/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8)
Cramer's [Real Money]
(https://www.amazon.com/Jim-Cramers-Real-Money-Investing/dp/0743224906/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=0743224906&amp;pd_rd_r=156ZB32KPJ8XN7V9K1HQ&amp;pd_rd_w=Anlpz&amp;pd_rd_wg=aZn7O&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=156ZB32KPJ8XN7V9K1HQ)
Town's [Rule 1] (https://www.amazon.com/Rule-Strategy-Getting-Rich-Minutes-ebook/dp/B000GCFCQE/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1479913887&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr&amp;keywords=rule+no+1+investing)
These picks are all different styles and have something different to offer. A lot of the advice you are going to get is going to be bent towards value investing, diversification, and asset allocation... This is good advice, and will make you a smarter investor but not a richer one.
If you are interested in day trading or swing trading then you will probably need to find some personalized training and I wish you the best because there is a ton of crap out there... I dont think that many people are willing to put in the time and effort to be sucessful at this and so I don't recommend it.
Peter Lynch argues exactly the contrary in https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0743200403/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
The best one I've read thus far is Margaret Cheney Tesla: Man out of Time.
edit meant to link to Amazon.
Great book on Tesla... http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362
I rather enjoyed this one: Man out of Time
I'd also recommend Tesla: Man Out of Time for a more recent biography of him. It's an interesting book, though I should warn you that the organization is kind of poor and the author jumps around a lot.
(Also, you're link to Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla isn't working; here's the book on Amazon if anyone is interested.)
I recommend this book for anyone that doesn't know much about Tesla (or has kids that don't) Tesla: Man out of Time. Great book!
http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362
This one? One of the best books I've ever read personally.
throw that POS book in the bin right now and never recommend it to anyone.
the guy who wrote it was a serious hater.
Now, this one, on the other hand ( http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362/ )
Mr. Seifer also had no business devoting a whole chapter to badmouthing John Keely.
And besides, John O'Neill's Prodigal Genius and Tesla's self-written My Inventions are still much more cohesive writings on the man.
http://www.amazon.com/Prodigal-Genius-Life-Nikola-Tesla/dp/0913022403
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=patents+lectures+articles+tesla
Also, save yourself some time and just dig into
http://www.tesla.hu/tesla/tesla.htm#Articles
&
http://tfcbooks.com/tesla/contents.htm
enjoy.
Perhaps he would like the biography Tesla:Man Out of Time.
I've been reading Tesla: Man Out of Time by Margaret Cheney lately, and it's been great so far!
He has an autobiography that talks about his intentions called "My Inventions".
But theres certainly some good biographies.
http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1345616103&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=tesla
http://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Nikola-Biography-Genius-Citadel/dp/0806519606/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1345616103&amp;sr=1-4&amp;keywords=tesla
If you are interested in Tesla, I highly recommend reading this book. He was a fascinating character.
Sure, this book was shocking, and this one was electrifying.
That's not what I expected it to look like...interesting that his family would keep a museum elsewhere. The book I read was Tesla: Man Out of Time.
You are so wrong about all of this. I suggest you educated yourself.
The South had every right to secede, it's a right granted to all states by the constitution. The North fired the first shots, needlessly starting a war that killed more North Americans than any other in history.
The North was occupying Fort Sumter, a Confederate fortress. The South asked them to leave and then they got shot.
Also, to say that they seceded for slavery is blindly stupid. They seceded for a multitude of reasons, slavery being one of the smaller ones. The only people in Antebellum South who owned slaves were the equivalent to the modern 1%'ers.
The vast majority of southerners were fighting for self determination on a wide variety of issues. Not just for slavery.
Read the following: "The Real Lincoln"
"The Un-Civil War, Shattering Historical Myths"
Educate yourself before you start calling people racist, elitists or traitorous. Your right that the flag represents things deeper than you can currently comprehend. I've got a reading list a lot longer than that for ya buddy, that's just the start.
How is this "WTF"? (Excluding the questionable statistical semantics.) Habeas corpus anyone? http://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1290893644&amp;sr=8-1
Yeah, exactly right. The creator is a guy named David Simon. I don't agree with any of his politics (he's a disaffected lefty), but he's a helluva storyteller. He wrote a book called Homicide: A Year on The Killing Streets that became the basis for the show Homicide: Life on The Street that was sort of his jumping off point for HBO and The Wire. He also created Generation: Kill which isn't as good but is still good storytelling.
In the book Homicide he, as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun, followed around the same Homicide cops for an entire year in the late 80s in what turned out to be one of the deadliest years ever for that city. It's truly a sad story but a great read, if not a bit morbid. What has happened to our country?
We can't stand for this folks!
I just finished the audio version of FIRE President Greg Lukianoff's Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate about a week ago.
I've been reading David Simon's Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, and I'm about 75% through it.
I've been watching the entire run of the original Law and Order since February, and I've finished 10 seasons of the 20 total.
I gave the USA Network show "Graceland" a shot this morning since the first episode was free on Google Play, so I watched it on my tablet. It was alright, so I might watch it on TV going forward.
I don't listen to a lot of music, I mostly listen to podcasts. I've fallen really far behind on my podcasts (I listen to about 6 regularly) because I stopped listening to them to focus on studying for finals.
Dune by Frank Herbert.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams. You have probably read it, but if you haven't, it's superbly funny sci-fi comedy.
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. A book that I re-read once every few years, and every time I find something new in it.
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon. A gripping, heartbreaking non-fiction book about police detectives. It inspired the acclaimed TV series "Homicide: Life on the Street." Simon would go on to create "The Wire."
The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy. Noir-ish procedural crime fiction. If you enjoy "Homicide," you may well like this.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, "a philosophical novel about two men, two women, a dog and their lives in the Prague Spring of the Czechoslovak Communist period in 1968," according to Wikipedia. One of my favorite books.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. Detective novel meets sci-fi in one mind-bending existential work. If you watch "Fringe," well, this book is Fringe-y... and more.
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. Time travel. Victorian England. A tea cozy mystery of sorts.
Graphic novels! Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman. Love And Rockets by The Hernandez brothers. The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki. Elektra: Assassin by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz. And of course, Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. To discover yet more great comic books, check out the Comics College series.
The Wire is a (fictional) 5-season series from HBO that shows the most realistic depiction of the challenges of inner-city life - drugs, schools, police, political corruption, etc. Written by geniuses that took the time to completely understand every facet, including the sociological aspects as well as the economic. One of the creators, David Simon, was a journalist for the Baltimore Sun and spent many years covering the Baltimore Homicide detectives. He wrote the non-fiction book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets" - which the later NBC police-drama "Homicide:Life on the Street" was based. Then, he teamed up with former Homicide Detective Ed Burns (who later retired and actually taught middle school in Baltimore for a while) and they collaborated on a non-fiction book called "The Corner" about the inner-city drug life, the war on drugs, and the ultimate decay of the modern urban center. The Wire was a fictional storyline based upon real characters and events from Simon's and Burns' past. It is often considered the best drama ever created for television.
I think it may even have been mentioned in Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon (what The Wire was based on). But it has been a while since I read that, so I don't remember.
Another tactic Connie Fletcher metioned: throw dry coffee grounds into a pan and put it on the stove to "cook" them. Helps cover the smell a bit. I would imagine troops in the trenches, though, wouldn't waste what precious coffee they got for that.
I got hooked on the TV series The Wire, and a lot of its writers are also novelists and/or crime journalists: David Simon, George Pelecanos, and Richard Price. Dennis Lehane was also a writer for the show, but I haven't read anything of his yet.
David Simon took a year off of work at the Baltimore Sun to follow Baltimore homicide detectives around. He wrote this book called Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets based on that experience. This research was the basis for 3 shows: Homicide: Life on the Streets, the Corner, and the Wire.
Have you seen Homicide? I think its first 3 seasons are objectively better than the Wire (in a way that Patriot isn't). It also has Frank Pembleton in it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgA3mOTQ2gA
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Yup.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0805080759?pc_redir=1414525447&amp;robot_redir=1
This book by Marcus Aurelius has transformed my life from one crippled by generalized anxiety into one that is still troubled, but with a definite method to press on. It is easily the most important book I've ever read. (Make sure you check out the Hays translation, the others are quite stiff. This is normally $10 so it's on sale on Amazon.)
What you are talking about is more properly called mindfulness, which was the first tool I tried. I had some success, in particular with Full Catastrophe Living, and if you find mindfulness effective then I would recommend simple mindfulness meditation (just sitting and letting thoughts pass through you--noticing that you have them and not responding to them or labeling them as good or bad, just resting in the moment and accepting that you have certain thoughts or feelings but also watching them pass by).
However, stoicism takes these ideas further and embues an element of self-trust that was much more effective for me. While mindfulness emphasizes the importance of the present and minimizing your immedate negative emotional responses, stoicism includes these elements but also says: there is nothing that can harm you. All I can do is act best I can, and not worry about the rest. Control what you can, but accept what you can't control. External events are uncontrollable and with practice you can remain completly resilent to them--metnally and emotionally accepting that you are in a certain situation but retaining the ability to deal with it in the best way you can.
It is difficult at first, but your everyday difficulties with anxiety are a perfect opportunity to practice. When you face situations and get through them, you hold the realization in your mind that that situation did not harm you--while it may have been unpleasant, you survived and moved straight through it. The unpleasantness was bearable, and you are no worse a person for dealing with it, in fact you are much the better. You can trust in this realization as you look forward toward future events. These little successes can accumulate in a big way if you take the first big step to accept your current limitations and trust in your current ability.
A fantastic example of the will's ability to persevere in impossible situations is Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Frankl faces this daily horrors without anxiety because of his complete trust in his ability to face it squarely and overcome it.
So a stoic isn't someone who is passive or emotionless, but someone who is resilent and extremely proactive in response to difficulty. In terms of specific negative emotions like anxiety, anger, or fear, it's important to remember that you are not trying to ignore or not feel these things. That is a misconception about stoicism. These feeling are natural and in fact necessary for life. However, you want to domesticate these negative emotions and remain in control in spite of them, as much as you can. Everyone is overcome by anxiety at times, but the Stoic bounces back that much quicker.
tl;dr I have recommended a lot of books but everything I wrote is firmly based on the many times I have read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. It is truly worth your time.
Also Treblinka and Man's Search for Meaning. Treblinka because the prisoners fought back and destroyed the death camp. Man's Search for Meaning because it shows the struggle survivors had to find a reason to live after the Holocaust altered their picture of what kind of world we live in.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Two things about this book blew my mind at 15:
Stop focusing on the big picture. Of course it's all meaningless compared to all of time and the entire universe.
You're alive now. You can find meaning in pleasure or in suffering. Try reading Man's Search for Meaning
Also....
Can I have your stuff?
I think In the end-the beginning by Jurgen Moltmann was one of the most important books I read when I was going through a difficult time. I generally suggest anything by Moltmann, but if you're not very familiar with systematic theology another book that is pretty easy to read is Jesus Christ for Today's World. Man's Search for Meaning is another great book that I think might be good for your situation. Death and Life: An American Theology by Arthur McGil and The Slavery of Death by Richard Beck are also worthwhile reads, and most people I've recommended them to end up reading everything else by Beck and McGil they can get their hands on.
The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want - Sonja Lyubomirsky
Learned Optimism - Seligman
MAn's Search for Meaning - Frankl
I'm a big fan of the economist Richard Wolff and his podcast, Economic Update.
Some organizations to consider joining or supporting are
Democratic Socialists of America and Socialist Alternative.
I also encourage everyone to read Bernie's book, if you haven't already.
I would also highly recommend everyone read A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.
Finally, I encourage everyone to watch the Noam Chomsky documentary, Requiem for The American Dream, on Netflix.
I'm just about to place my pre-order and I thought of this:
Do others here know that Amazon offers a donation to your charity of choice? I chose Democracy Now! because they have such high quality reporting and interviews. You have to set it up and order EVERYTHING through AmazonSmile.com rather than Amazon's regular site. Some items you purchase are eligible for the donation and some are not. But, all must go through Smile. And, no, they don't tell you how much is being donated.
I order a lot from Amazon and figure some donation is better than nothing. I know they are terrible to workers, but most retailers are and until others deliver to my house I know I'll continue ordering.
Bernie's Book on AmazonSmile.com:
https://smile.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1469829868&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=our+revolution+bernie+sanders
Amazon Link
>I'm almost convinced that they're all reading from playbooks or something.
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924/ref=sr_1_sc_1
He has written a very real book that debuted at #3 on the New York Times Best Seller List, has sold more than 200,000 copies, and was nominated for a Grammy.
That seems to be the case:
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924
EDIT: Amazon also has it for only $16 something instead of $27. -- $13 for the Kindle version.
Oh you are in for such a treat!!
Let me take you down the rabbit hole and show you who Steve Jobs really is.
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1997.
Apple has 90 days of money left. Out of desperation, Apple requests Steve Jobs to come back to Apple and help "make apple healthy" again.
He gave a status report at Macworld Expo, just days after he returned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEHNrqPkefI
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1998.
One year after Steve Jobs proposed a plan on how he will fix apple, he returns to Macworld to show the results of his toil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2wLzTyk9oc
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1999.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrErYJhvAFo
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After this, you have the famous presentations for the introduction of the ipod, iphone and ipad.
And if you are still not satisfied after watching all these videos, then I highly recommend this book
Here is the book - took me long enough to find it!
Title: Steve Jobs
Author: Walter Isaacson
Genre: Biography
Would love to get some biographies in here, and some motivation myself to read more of them. Walter Isaacson is also a fantastic biographer; I read his biography of Albert Einstein and it was incredible as he really has an eye for taking a person and using his or her life as a prism for society.
I miss Steve!
I'm currently reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
a good biography.
Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
Written by a member of the original Mac team
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1449316247/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1394998489&amp;sr=8-3&amp;pi=SY200_QL40
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
The only official biography, very in depth on the later years, but glosses over a lot of the early years when he was in my opinion a giant prick.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1451648537/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1394998612&amp;sr=8-2&amp;pi=SY200_QL40
What the dormouse said: How the sixties counterculture shaped the Internet
I don't have anything Atari specific to recommend but this book is excellent and covers a lot of the early people and companies that invented all of this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0143036769/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1394998761&amp;sr=8-1&amp;pi=SY200_QL40
I also do not have a right to health care, nevermind trans specific health care. Nobody does. Nothing that requires a good or service to be provided can be a right because providing it requires coercion through force against other people to provide it. I'm very fortunate that my health insurance covers my unique medical needs and I wish other insurances did to. But it is not a right and the government should not be forcing it on people. On a more practical note, hormones are pretty damn cheap as far as medications go. Synthetic estrogen is roughly $20 per month for example. And if someone is so poor they can't afford it the proper way to provide for them is through private charity, not government mandate.
The left's use of identity politics is a way to divide people into victim groups who will vote for them. They talk a good game about helping people but if the people actually had their life improved they wouldn't have a reason to vote Democrat anymore. And the hypocrisy is astounding! I look at political issues on a case by case basis. Sometimes I agree with the Democrats, sometimes I agree with the Republicans, sometimes I disagree with both. But I've been exiled from multiple LGBT groups and lost several friends because I disagree with the their political agenda. The tolerant left is only tolerant if you believe what they want you to believe. Just because I'm trans doesn't mean I agree with all of the progressive agenda. And it certainly doesn't mean I owe them my vote.
The Democrats are the ones who campaign to specific sub groups based on their fundamental identity. They court the black vote and the hispanic vote and the woman vote and the LGBT vote. And their message is often a riff on "you have it so hard, vote for me and I'll give you political favors!" It's divisive and I reject it. Have you watched any of Trump's rally speeches personally? Or read his book? I have and it's much different than the cherry picked soundbites and opinion pieces the media gives out. Listen to him directly and with an open mind then make your own decisions. His message struck me a being aimed at all Americans. He's not pandering to specific groups, he welcomes everyone regardless of race, gender, or gender/sexual minority status. He campaigned on unity as a country by rejecting identity politics.
And just in case it wasn't clear let me give the a bit of disclaimer. I'm not a huge fan of Republicans either. I severely dislike their establishment and I disagree with many of their policies. And right wing media has a lot of crazy shit in it that really bothers me like their insistence that trans people are just mentally ill. But I don't have a place to belong in our political landscape. Both groups reject me for some reason or another, I'm stuck as an outsider. I don't agree with Trump on absolutely everything but I agree with him on a lot and he is a huge disruption in the political status quo and I'm optimistic it will be for the better.
As for cars, dude (I'm assuming dude based on user name) Prius was the right call. Didn't you get the memo that Subarus are lesbian cars? :-P
Anyway, I'm spending far too much free time writing this stuff up. Tell you what, if you're interested in talking more we can meet up for coffee or something and chat in person.
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006
I understood earlier in life than being honest doesn't make your life easier but allows to sleep soundly at night. This is why I don't own the (already iconic) MAGA baseball cap; it would be an infraction to US election code. On the other side, I brought a audiobook copy of Trump's Great Again: How to fix our crippled America. Great book by the way.
I hope it helped.
/pol/ is pushing this book on twitter and its doing better, https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006
Its currently in the 2000s rank while the book posted OP is in the mid 6Ks, check for yourself.
This threads book, https://www.amazon.com/Time-Get-Tough-America-Great/dp/1621574954
spez: spelling
Probably this book, and maybe this one.
> I honestly don't know a single living writer more well known than Stan Lee.
Burger King sends his regards.
Since we are giving unsolicited reading advice, for you I suggest:
Antony Sutton's Wall St. Triology
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4565730-wall-street-and-the-bolshevik-revolution
John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hitman
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/1576753018
G. Edward Griffins The Creature from Jekyl Island
http://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserve/dp/0912986212
when you can discuss the cited historical facts with some authority, let me know- in the mean time, feel free to send me a sample of your reading list
Two sources of the outrage, the first is the emotional outrage people see when watching people in dirt poor areas slaving away to make a luxury good for someone in another country. That just solicits outrage from many people.
The second source is from people who see large companies use their resources to keep poor people perpetually poor for personal gain.
You are right the people have a choice to either work or not to work, but if not working means death for you and your family it is not really a choice. Many factory workers are not just working for themselves, but for their family as a whole.
I would suggest a couple of books that go into the issues you are asking about pretty thoroughly.
Nickel and Dimed:
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Also the first episode of 30 days
The 30 days episode shows how being poor can cause people to continuously be ground down to a point where even the smart and responsible ones find themselves unable to cope.
Reading that book made me absolutely hate our position in the world. I'm sure the interview is great but definitely recommend the book as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/1576753018
You forgot the big daddy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket
http://warisaracket.org/
http://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket
And the other big one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man
http://www.economichitman.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/1576753018
http://www.johnperkins.org/
When insiders do turn around and try to expose them they are vilified, shamed and crucified like Bradley Manning, Daniel Ellsberg (Pentagon Papers), Thomas Drake, Jesselyn Radack, Gwyneth Todd, etc
Daniel Ellsberg was hounded and shamed just like Wikileaks, Bradley Manning and Julian Assange are being now.
You might pick up and read the book: Confessions of an Economic Hitman
For politics there's a lot of heavy heavy stuff which is good but if you want something light and more story orientated but still good try Confessions of an Economic Hitman It's about how America came to dominate and exploit the third world.
If you can handle something a little heavier I'd suggest the free on-line copy of A People's History of the United States. It's an upbeat history of ordinary people struggling for their rights against the rich - stuff you don't get told at school.
Many people will suggest George Orwell's 1984 which is also free on-line but I'd read only half way through if you want to keep it a bit lighter because the ending is pretty goddam nasty and all the buzz words that the book entered into the English language (apart from "Room 101") are in the first half of the book.
For a great book on pre-history try Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel. Famous book with ideas you'll find very useful in conversations. It answers the question as to how come it was White Europeans going and beating up on everyone else instead of vice versa?
If you're not a conservative (and why would you be) you'll enjoy Bob Altemeyer's The Authoritarians. It's his research on why some people seem to act in irrational ways and it's free on-line again. Bonus: his writing style is very easy to read and it's short.
>Item 6. Lack of Remorse or Guilt: A lack of feelings or concern for the losses, pain, and suffering of victims; a tendency to be unconcerned, dispassionate, coldhearted, and unempathic. This item is usually demonstrated by a disdain for one's victims.
Man, reading this I was reminded constantly of "The Psychopath Test". Seriously, read that book. You don't even have to buy it, your local library will have it handy. Download it if you must, I don't care. Everyone should read that book.
Probably not but Jon Ronson's The Psychopath Test is funny as hell.
http://www.amazon.com/Psychopath-Test-Journey-Through-Industry/dp/1594488010/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1313985944&amp;sr=8-1
Not making fun, it's more common than people think. FYI, lots of CEO's are psychopaths.
i'm reading The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson at the moment. loving this interview.
http://www.amazon.com/Psychopath-Test-Journey-Through-Industry/dp/1594488010/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1311092001&amp;sr=8-1
You should read the Qur'an. That might help increase your faith. Also, read about Imam Ali (a.s) the son of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him and his progeny). There is a good book called "In the footsteps of the Prophet (a.s)". You can look it up to see how our Prophet lived. Also look up the Nahjul Balagha, or "Peak of Eloquence" which is about Imam Ali (a.s). This book has strengthened countless people's faith in God. There is a hadiths which I roughly translate saying "If I am the city of knowledge, then Ali is the gate".
We are translating from Arabic to English, so if anything upsets you please send me a message. I have come across bad translations, and passages which need clarification. That said, this is my favorite English Qur'an, because it is so well translated, and it's language is not Old-English.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quran-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199535957
This is a free online link to the Nahjul Balagha. I have not read it, but I do have two copies of this book with different publishers. One of them slanders Imam Ali (a.s), because of the terrible printing job they did. Know that this man did not commit any sins, because he is a part of the household of the Prophet that was purified by God. This is a major event, and you can research it. Tell me if there are errors, and I can try to send you a better link InshaAllah. I highly recommend going to the sayings, and then going back to the lessons.
http://www.al-islam.org/nahjul/index.htm
Again Arabic can be poorly translated, and context is often left out in these quotes. For ex. There is a saying where he compares women to scorpions. I told my friend, and he told me it meant bad women, and not all women. ( phew )
http://www.amazon.com/Footsteps-Prophet-Lessons-Life-Muhammad/dp/0195374762/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1372348452&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=tariq+ramadan
This book is pretty clear, and is also popular. The guy is an excellent translator.
I really liked the book In the Footsteps of the Prophet to read up on stories of the Prophet and his mission
Yes, I do!
The 3 best ones that I have ever seen are:
The Sealed Nectar
Muhammad: His Life Based On The Earliest Sources
In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
The last one is by Tariq Ramadan. It would probably be the easiest one to digest/read for someone not too familiar with Islam or Muhammad peace be upon him.
(courtesy of /u/lightnlng):
Check what you like from this list of Resources. I recommend starting with the Quran and a biography of prophet Muhammad (pbuh). If you want books, these ones are popular:
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Introduction book to Islam:
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Some popular videos on YouTube:
You asked for everything really, but here is a selection I personally like that is more focused on the biography of Muhammad.
For Muslim books on the biography of the Prophet, I highly recommend:
A Biography of the Prophet of Islam: In the Light of the Original Sources, an Analytical Study
In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
On the more academic side of his life and following centuries, I recommend:
Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction
Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World
In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam
For the four best primary sources of his biography translated into English:
The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi
The Life of the Prophet Muhammad: Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya
The Life of Muhammad
The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muhammad
Don't forget "In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad" by Tariq Ramadan.
Salam Brother, I recommand Abdel Haleem translation of the Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics). I believe it's the best translation. The footnotes gives you the context and additional info about the verses.
I also recommand reading the autobiography of the Prophet, the best one I read so far is Tariq Ramadan's : In the Footsteps of the Prophet
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May God make things easy for you
If you want to read an incredibly powerful and gut-wrenching book on the Rwandan genocide, I highly recommend Philip Gourevitch's We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda.
Find and read this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Wish-Inform-Tomorrow-Killed-Families/dp/0312243359
There's also the book We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevich.
Oh, it ain't mine--you've got some homework to do.
Check these out too.
Into the Wild
Emerson
Here is a great book on what not to do.
Desert Solitaire
Leaves of Grass
One Man's Wilderness
Into the Wild
Wilderness Essays
Call of the Wild
Walden Shocking huh?
I recommend you read Into the Wild if you doubt that it can be done. It can.
I enjoyed Ed Viesturs book: No Shortcuts to the Top, it was a self focused memoir, yet he shares his views and opinions in a way that came off genuine and down to earth. It is probably different than something you are writing since the focus of the book is entirely on something that made him very famous (First American to climb all 8000m peaks)
I like John Krakauer's books. Into Thin Air was a great firsthand account of a major disaster. It has some controversy, but like anything else firsthand accounts rely on the writers memory of events and those can change wildly from person to person.
Into the Wild is obviously another one of his more famous works. I liked it writing style and level of research, but I disliked the man the book was written about with a passion. Hardly the writers fault there though.
Try On The Road by Jack Kerouac (if you haven't read it already) and perhaps even Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. When I read that it really introduced me to the counter-culture movement.
My favorite book is Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer. It is breathtaking, inspiring, tragic, and yet has a sense of accomplishment along with it. It's a beautifully written novel, and much better than the already great movie based off of it. I highly recommend it to anyone I can!
This book is only $2.99, and is an ebook (if that's okay with your contest rules), so it has free shipping.
Thanks for the contest! :)
Well, hopefully others who use it have a better feel for what it's really like day to day. I hope your interview goes well. Ever read any Feynman about his time up there? It's pretty entertaining.
Edit for link to book: "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393320928/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ilGzDbPP6AZHQ
he wrote another one, too!
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
For more pure gold like this, read the pleasure of finding things out, Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman and What do you care what other people think
True to form - He really did not care what others think!
Most of my exes remain friends, so I don't really have anything against seeing them. Again I guess I'm also pretty picky so I've never had the misfortune of dating a real psycho. I've also never tried to actually date within my own immediate team (I would agree that that feels a bit incestuous to me for some reason).
Where I currently work (a major fortune 500 multinational), about a quarter of my closest coworkers are married to other people in the company (and a bunch work in the same building. 2 of the 4 in particular work even on the same floor, but different departments). My current boss's wife used to share the same skip level manager with him, several years ago. The rest of us on the team rarely see them at lunchtime since they usually run off to eat with their spouses :) The oldest guy on my team is in his 50s and his second wife works downstairs and it's really cute every day at noon he goes "time to go collect my bride, see ya later!".
For the 2nd point I like to follow the advice given in the title of this memoir..
What do you care what other people think?
http://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928
Relevant reading, and a very good story: The chapter called "It’s as Simple as One, Two, Three…" in Richard Feynman's book, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?."
In this chapter, Feynman explains how he came to discover, with some help from his friend Bernie Walker, how different people think in different ways. In essence that thoughts can be visual as well as verbal.
Highly recommended read.
If anyone is interested in some great books about the disaster I suggest these:
Riding Rockets
Dick Feynman's Second Book
It's either in Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, or in "What Do You Care What Other People Think?". Both are well worth reading.
Marine Sniper Charles Henderson (bio of Carlos Hathcock)- http://www.amazon.com/Marine-Sniper-93-Confirmed-Kills/dp/0425103552
Hathcock's story of his time as a sniper in Vietnam is legendary. Best part of the story is when the NVA send their best sniper to 1v1 Hathcock in the jungle, both snipers had awesome names (the Cobra v the white feather).
One of my favorite books with a military focus is Marine Sniper by Charles Henderson. It shows the life of one of the most legendary military snipers of all time. It reads like an action-adventure novel, but from most reports it's almost all true.
He talks about remorse and duty; members of his branch openly showing disdain, training, well as, training.
Edit- linked the wrong book.
Edit2- not sure why the downvotes. Oh well.
this book
I remember picking Marine Sniper about Hathcock for a book report in High School.
/u/Leftest is not exaggerating. It's an unbelievable story about a very honorable and humble Marine doing some completely insane things.
I realize I'm being a grammar Nazi, but "a sniper" isn't the same as "a sniper rifle."
A sniper is a person. A sniper rifle is a firearm.
But, I am upvoting your request. Have you read Marine Sniper? Good stuff.
The M-40 is built off of a Remington model 700 (basically). If I’m not mistake the M-40 nomenclature referred to a specific model that Remington made at the time, the model 40x, which was a target/varmint rifle. The Marines also had Winchester model 70s, which is what Carlos Hathcock carried for a time. Not sure if the original M40 was 7.62, but in the book , the model 70 that Hathcock carried was in 30.06.
> ...and say there's no bullying going on at Columbine which is complete nonsense
Sure, there's always bullying. Everyone's been bullied at some point or another. And i haven't personally visited the area, so i can't speak to the local culture.
What i meant to say was that the two guys, at the time of the shooting, were not particularly bullied people.
>I've heard this and always found it strange, it's actually debated to this day. There have been a number of coverups with local LEO's and school staff. It's almost like the school, and local LEO's want to push the problem on mental health
I base most of my stance on the event from the usual menagerie of easily-available sources, but also this book which is, as far as i can tell, the most complete picture of the duo. The author spent a great deal of time interviewing practically everyone in town, and who had any influence on the two shooters. There have only been small bits and pieces of the basement tapes released, with a similar situation for their diaries, so i don't feel comfortable taking those for what they appear, because of how cherry-picked they are.
I feel like i just wrote a pitch for the book, haha. But anyway, that's where i'm coming from.
If anyone is looking for a very interesting read I would recommend Columbine by Dave Cullen. It dispels a lot of the rumors created by the news media in the early days after the shooting and has some really interesting insights on Klebold and Harris. I think I read it over a weekend.
Since the Parkland shooting, I’ve read quite a bit about school shootings in general. I’m more of a book reader than an article reader; notes below.
Article Library
If you want a good general overview, I’d recommend reading Why Kids Kill linked below first. I’m far from an academic—never even attended a traditional college—but it’s really readable. Even if you don’t want to read the whole thing, you can pick up the ebook and just check out the references/footnotes. They link to tons of articles.
Once I finish School Shooters (also linked below) I plan to start working on this library of resources for more detailed info. That’s Langman’s site.
General Books
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I’ve also read these books which cover specific incidents. (I read a lot of true crime in general, so this list goes back years, not just since Parkland.)
Specific Incidents
It's a real irony, it is. However, it could be said that Klebold was not necessarily as "excited" about the idea of massacring his classmates as the other shooter. If you're interested in the Columbine shooting, Dave Cullen's book "Columbine" is perhaps one of the best narratives describing the event's leading up to, during, and after the day of the massacre. (Link below for reference)
https://www.amazon.com/Columbine-Dave-Cullen/dp/0446546925/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1495117277&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=columbine+by+dave+cullen
SOURCE: primary focus of undergrad education was school shootings, various papers/thesis on the topic
https://www.amazon.com/Footsteps-Prophet-Lessons-Life-Muhammad/dp/0195374762/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1485748359&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=tariq+ramadan+in+the+footsteps+of+the+prophet
In The Footsteps of the Prophet
When it's your turn:
http://www.amazon.com/In-Footsteps-Prophet-Lessons-Muhammad/dp/0195374762/ref=pd_sim_b_7?ie=UTF8&amp;refRID=0HJ2QKBSHJE3J8PE1V0B
In the Footsteps of the Prophet (T. Ramadan)... just a beautiful and inspirational read... easy to digest
https://www.amazon.com/Footsteps-Prophet-Lessons-Life-Muhammad/dp/0195374762/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1502498496&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=in+the+footsteps
Welcome to /r/Islam :)
About the basics of Islam, read this
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Firstly, Praise to God. I am sure alot of other people will answer better than me, but I'll try. First off, for Muhammed (saw) in the bible, here is a very interesting video by a former Christan youth minister titled - "How the Bible Led me to Islam"
His story is so interesting because he figured out that a through read of bible itself made him realize something, and convinced him to study other religions in which he found finally found Islam, his story is something every typical Christian should hear.
Secondly, You said:
>I'd like recommendations for a quran translation.
I personally believe that people willing to learn about Islam should read the biography of Muhammed (saw) first to get a grasp of the message of Islam, how it spread, and how we come to respect this man as the greatest of all creation. The best book I recommend is Tariq Ramadan's Book about Muhammed and his life.
Once you've done that, I recommend an exegesis over a translation because your understanding is enhanced.
But a good translation is: http://quran.com
An exegesis (recommended) is: http://www.amazon.com/The-Quran-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199535957
Hope that helps.
Thank you for your sincere interest, people like you deserve respect and admiration. Muslims doesn't mean scholars automatically, there is many responses already here, I agree with them on general yet It's difficult to respond formally with full knowledge and proof, but since your questions are mostly about the prophet and early years of Islam, I recommand to read the biography of the prophet to see his full perspective and contexts, this one is easy and into the point by the Oxford Professor Tariq Ramadan: In the Footsteps of the Prophet .
http://www.amazon.com/Footsteps-Prophet-Lessons-Life-Muhammad/dp/0195374762/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1426453522&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=tariq+ramadan
Relative to Bosnia. Try this, Kagame interviewed about why they couldn't bring them all to justice, not least because a very large number were parked in refugee camps in the DRC. The story of the Rwandans closing those camps is pretty horrific too.
You should read We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families about Rwanda.
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families is a great read about tribalism and the causes and events of the Rwandan Genocide. Long title but great book.
> The Tutsi and Hutu were ethnic groups/social classes within Rwanda, not the Congo. And Rwanda was under German control until 1916 when it was taken over by the Belgians, which was 7 years after Leopold II died.
I'll admit, I got my facts confused. I was just going off memory from what I learned from the film "Hotel Rwanda" and this book and it has been years since I read it.
I suppose I should have spent 5 minutes brushing up on my history before mentioning it.
But you're acting like you're somehow an expert when you obviously just went to Wikipedia and found the first thing you could find to debunk my claim...
The truth is still closer to my side. When the Belgians took over they implemented the ID card system which codified the ethnicities into a rigid caste system with the 1 percent Tutsis ruling over the 88 percent Hutus. This is what I was thinking of and I wrongly attributed it to Leopold. My bad.
But most historians trace the strife back to this action by the Belgians and I still stand by that position. There were divisions between the Hutus and the Tutsis prior, but people could move fairly freely between the ethnic groups. And there wasn't this intense hatred:
> The Hutu and Rwanda were not living in equality before European colonialism but major conflicts between the two ‘races’ didn’t occur until after European colonialism. The European “divide and conquer” strategy for dealing with native populations combined with the ‘scientific’ racism of the era gave motivation and reasoning for developing the divide between the Hutu and Tutsi. European colonialism directly created the animosity between the Hutu and Tutsi, through the subjugation of the Hutu and elevation of the Tutsi as well as the removal of any social mobility, that upon their subsequent withdrawal from the firestorm they created, they had put the country of Rwanda on the road to genocide.
And the use of ethnic ID cards provided a basis on which to carry out the genocide, i.e. you had lists of people who were designated Tutsi, much like you had people with Yellow Stars or Pink Triangles, designated Jews or Gays.
The below is based on my recollection of this amazing book
Rwanda is a small african country. As a result of specific policy choices made during the colonial era, the country was divided between a Tutsi minority that dominated politics and trade, and a Hutu majority that often felt left out of governance.
In the post colonial period, this ethnic divide deepened, and ultimately the Hutu majority took power in the country. The country faced trouble typical of the region at the time, with strongman government and ethnic strife.
Over time, the government increasingly used the Tutsi minority as a scapegoat for problems in the country. Following the assassination of the president (which some claim was the responsibility of his supposed allies) the government called on the Hutu population to rise up and cleanse the Tutsis. Spurred by radio personalities and the government, soldiers, police, and armed mobs began to slaughter Tutsis.
The international response was divided. France considered the Hutu government a client, and was opposed to direct foreign intervention. The UN forces in the country were similarly paralyzed, and politics prevented them from taking a direct role in trying to stop the worst of the conflict. (the leader of the UN force ultimately killed himself out of guilt for failing to do more, if I recall correctly).
Ultimately, a mostly Tutsi resistance force was able to stop the killing, eject the government and force the worst of the military out of the country (Which destabilized neighboring Congo).
The estimated death toll is between 800,000 and 1.2 million killed, I think, in a matter of weeks.
In the book, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, the author discusses this process a bit. The book is really interesting (but sad). I read it after watching Hotel Rwanda.
http://www.amazon.com/Wish-Inform-Tomorrow-Killed-Families/dp/0312243359/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1334242536&amp;sr=8-3
Auschwitz: A New History by Laurence Rees and We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch were both very difficult to read.
A really good book about the genocide, def recommend to anyone
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch
The Talisman-by Stephen King and Peter Straub. The authors then continued the story with a second book called Black House. http://www.amazon.com/The-Talisman-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/145169721X
An amazing fantasy adventure for any age. A good bridge for you as well. Other adventure fantasy type books that I felt were ageless, A Boys life- by Robert McCammon. http://www.amazon.com/Boys-Life-Robert-McCammon/dp/0671743058 Anything and everything Jack London. Read Stephen King short stories then move onto Edgar Allen Poe. To kill a mocking bird- by Harper Lee http://www.amazon.com/To-Kill-Mockingbird-Harper-Lee/dp/0446310786 A Watership Down- By Richard Adams http://www.amazon.com/Watership-Down-Novel-Richard-Adams/dp/0743277708 Of Mice And Men- by John Steinbeck http://www.amazon.com/Of-Mice-Men-John-Steinbeck/dp/0140177396
Then you may want to move on to another type of adventure.
Into the Wild- by Jon Krakauer. http://www.amazon.com/Into-Wild-Jon-Krakauer/dp/0385486804 Every book is a bridge to another and so on. I could name so many more, but each book will lead you to them.
Movie
Book
Now he's going to go "Into the Wild"
Here you go: the manual for suicide by bush
That's what you made it sound like you wanted
https://www.amazon.com/Into-Wild-Jon-Krakauer/dp/0385486804
We were all 18 once...
Specifically, the problem with "go out to eat or go to a convenience store" is that both of those are going to basically nullify the benefit you have to backwoodsing it. Nearly anywhere in the US you can get a room to rent for something like $250/mo if you're willing to drive a bit. This doesn't apply to big places like New York or San Francisco... but if you're able to camp there, you can probably find a place to live for cheap. But if you're buying prepared food, I don't see that being less than $20 a day.
But look at dry goods like rice and beans. You can actually eat a 1:1 ratio of rice and beans and get a complete protein for a few dollars a day. A fridge (see above about renting a room) is going to be able to stretch your food dollars much further than if you have no refrigeration.
Regardless, you should use this summer as an opportunity to test-run some of this. Go find some dispersed camping sites, try camping for a week.
Also, I want to highly recommend you read Into the Wild: https://www.amazon.com/Into-Wild-Jon-Krakauer/dp/0385486804 -- maybe A Walk In the Woods, too: https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Woods-Rediscovering-America-Appalachian/dp/0307279464/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2165P9GZRK25U&keywords=a+walk+in+the+woods+bill+bryson&qid=1562608312
Read this.
Hey! This is my kind of contest. Here's my list:
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.”
One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? (copied from the Amazon page)
My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
You may have heard of me. (copied)
When his old friend and mentor, Salis, dangles a job in front of him that will get him an Ascendency pardon and let him clear his name, Cadell is ready to take it on. Armed with his constant companion, a strange alien symbiote named T.R.I.X. and his skills as an assassin, Cadell sets off to complete the strange job. ( A nifty book but a relatively new author, worth the read!)
also hold the movie close to my heart.)
This took me a good few minutes, I hope you find something you like through this contest :)
Have you ever read Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild" ? Your story reminds me of the book.
Not a novel but "Lone Survivor" is a great book. As is "Into the Wild"
Read Into The Wild.
The movie isn't the same, but the book delves heavily into this subject.
here you go
> you have usage rights so long as no one else vetoes your usage rights of the claim. if someone does so, you cannot use that property. you are also free to veto any and all from the same claim, excluding him and anyone, or everyone, else from that claim.
So it's "I called dibs" vs "I called dibs first"?
> on a functionality note, i would say this veto for usage rights is done through giant computer system to manage such disputes in real time.
People are going to have to make sure that computer keeps running, and more are going to have to make sure that computer stays coded for impartiality. Getting them to sacrifice time needed to grow food so that they can keep the system in check will require compensation. Otherwise you'll effectively end up with "automated cronyism" or a dead computer.
And since the earth is not a homogenous environment and some areas are more lush than others, how will this system determine who gets the best plots? What if those who are stuck in places where natural disasters or droughts or harsh winters are common try to wrest control of land from those who are in a comparative paradise?
And if someone says "I don't care what the computer says, I'm willing to use violence to take your farm", then what? Does the computer have the capacity to violently enforce its decisions, or can it simply be ignored by those who don't like the answers?
You're describing a system that has the ultimate authority of land ownership effectively giving IT full ownership, a system that takes significant resources to run, a system that could be corrupted, and a system that would be worthless in the long run with an inability to use enforcement when those whose rights it dictates are challenged or attempt to subvert it. Sound familiar?
We've burned the Capitalist system! Live off the land!
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> this actually allows for today's system to function exactly as is, so long as everyone participating consents to that distribution. which i don't think would happen, but it doesn't rule out the possibility.
By saying that you don't think it would happen, you are acknowledging that this either is an exercise in futility or will necessitate brainwashing and/or genocide unlike anything humanity has ever experienced. I'm going to assume that you don't plan on the latter. So given your general admittance of futility, what is the best alternative that:
Borrowing from Churchill, I'm of the opinion that Capitalism is the worst economic system except all the others.
To be fair, I have no idea what system you're implying other than "The system sucks, I want to live off the land and abandon modern medicine and have an omnipotent supercomputer dictate who can live where and have everything function identically to today's system other than these things and have everyone else also willingly live this lifestyle", which is hard to fit in the standard boxes.
Now if you don't want to change the system, and you just want people to leave you alone so you can go build your farm or go Into The Wild, what's really stopping you? Take the book for inspiration; or do as someone else mentioned and buy some land inexpensively in the southern US, even less if you look globally. Despite your insistence, there are many people in the US who have shunned society and found a little place to call home away from civilization. You can do that too, with enough determination. It's a free country!
No offense, but you are disillusioned if you think you can live alone in the wild. Into the wild is about an over-idealitic Christopher Mccandless who unfortunately died because he unknowingly ate poison berries after trekking into alaska. One chapter details the stories of other individuals who had "enough of the system" and sought out solitude in nature (many of which died).
I get the whole escape into nature, I used to think like that as well. but the more I think about it the more i realize my skinny white ass would probably get eaten by a bear.
Its a shame that you are too cautious about what other people might think of you instead of forming your own opinions. It's a disease. It takes a lot of courage to overcome. I have a great book recommendation for you https://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928 if you like reading so much.
I just don't like the fact that you are apologizing for being part of academia as if its some kind of a limitation. You just did not standup for yourself and your academia connection. I am not so proud of you as a fellow academia person.
Yikes. I reference you to Richard Feynman's great book: "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" in regards to your family. You don't have to ignore them, but it's important to understand that in the end you make your own decisions.
I would just focus on him. And take him to go see some art or something.
EDIT: Haha, just realized I started my comment with "Yikes" too. Weird!
http://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928
Feynman opened my eyes more than just about any other author.
I'll just leave this here, because it is probably the most relavent thing it could possibly be.
Half of this book by physicist Richard Feynman is about when he was part of the congressional investigation into cause of the challenger disaster.
http://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928
*lot's of edits due to wine.
Just fyi, you're talking about the people that crashed a probe into mars because one guy was using metric and another was using imperial system.
You should read Richard Feynman's What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character and then come back and say what you think of NASA
Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely
The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff
Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman! and What Do You Care What Other People Think? - both wonderful collections of Richard Feynman talking about his life, the way he thinks about things, and lessons he learned.
Those are really the first four that come to mind that have had a noticeable effect on the way I think. Might do the same for you, as well.
Marine Sniper
I suspect this to be true, but I want to ask anyway... did you learn the history of snipers/marksmen, etc. during your sniper training and have you heard of Carlos Hathcock - White Feather and have you read any of the books about him, such as Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills I found his story to be truly fascinating.
You should check out his book. It was a very good read.
http://www.amazon.com/Marine-Sniper-93-Confirmed-Kills/dp/0425103552
There is a trilogy, if you will, written about him. I read them all a few years ago and they were great.
I think the greatest thing he did was when he earned the Silver star for saving 7 other marines lives. The book also talks about how his spotter, Burke, was killed while serving.
http://www.amazon.com/Marine-Sniper-93-Confirmed-Kills/dp/0425103552/
Yeah here is a link.
http://www.amazon.com/Marine-Sniper-93-Confirmed-Kills/dp/0425103552
I read the book. Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills. It details all of this stuff. He was the father of the Marine Scout Sniper program and an all around BAMF. He is pretty much a god in Marine history, along with Lewis "Chesty" Puller, Dan Daly, Smedley Butler, John Basilone, etc.
Read this book RIGHT NOW http://www.amazon.com/Marine-Sniper-93-Confirmed-Kills/dp/0425103552
His stories are chronicled in this book. It is a great read, though I hear it is a little over embellished.
there's no easy answer to that. however, the common consensus is that harris was a psychopath (in the clinical sense) who was indeed extremely angry at the world, but not for the reason of bullying, and that klebold was an alcoholic depressive who was looking for a way out. it's been a while since i've read about all this, so anybody correct me if i'm wrong, but from what i can recall, harris kept journals which detailed his hatred of the world as stemming from how superior he felt to the people around him, and how because of this, he was entitled to treat them however he wanted, which is pretty typical psychopath stuff. klebolds journals were much more melancholic, whereas harris talked a lot of hate, klebold spoke of love, and his inability to find it.
i've forgotten basically everything else, but if you're interested in this, i'd recommend reading Columbine by Dave Cullen.
Have you read the book "Columbine," by Dave Cullen? If so, what did you think of it?
Okay, but now your mixing up religion with all sorts of other really important variables in terms of global relations. Yes, there's an intersection between Islam and the Middle Eastern quagmire, but it's not because Islam. Intersection is not cause.
You make it sound like Orlando and 9/11 are the same thing, or had the same MO, or really had anything significant in common. Let's be real, the Boston Bombing was more functionally similar to Columbine than Paris. (Source) Things get confused and action becomes ineffective when you say an apple is an orange. Nuance matters.
More to the point - and exactly as Obama said - you cede to the monsters abusing faith for narrative that they're right in saying they dictate the meaning of Islam. Why corroborate their bull?
In the book Columbine By Dave Cullens, he does a lot of work to deconstruct this myth. Basically in initial hours after the shooting a lot of the myths that we still believe about the shooting took hold. One of which was the bullying thing. (The others being the Trenchcoat mafia thing and the rumors of homosexuality)
A lot of people testified later (And I only mean a few days later, not moths or years) that, in fact, the two shooters were the ones who did a lot of bullying, esp. Harris. He pretty viciously stalked a former friend of theirs for months, harassing him at his house and school.
Here is a good blog post from a psychologist on Eric Harris mostly, but a bit about Klebold.
Here is another write up on Columbine myths.
I'm not trying to say that they were not ever bullied in school, but it is worth noting that it wasn't just a clear cut case of the bullying being one way.
Columbine shooters were actually bullies, the whole "They were bullies" storyline was media driven BS.
Read Columbine By Dave Cullen.
If you're interested in the facts (as a parent, I have become maybe a little too obsessed with the info about past school shootings), "Columbine" by Dave Cullen is a fantastic read (and an at-least-decent audiobook). It's even been updated since initial publication to revise certain facts that came out more recently.
He's also got a website full of notes and other resources.
If you know the basics of how markets work, read "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator". If you still want to pursue trading, when finished, you will have a great base of knowledge and can delve into the more technical and academic readings that are mentioned.
If you decide that your mental make-up is not suited for trading, you will save yourself a lot of time and money. Here is the best part...it reads like a brilliant work of fiction, yet many traders consider it the most influential book they have read. Don't take my word for it
https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Edwin-Lef%C3%A8vre/dp/0471770884#productDescription_secondary_view_div_1518440446692
If you read the original "Market Wizards", the book is recommended more than any other.
I had a modest portfolio that was guided by a traditional broker. He lost money for me every year. So finally I figured out that if he could lose my money, so could I and I started picking my own investments. I've never looked back.
The trick to making good investments is to make small investments at first. Get used to losing a little money. It's important that you don't get spooked after your fist 10% loss... or even your first 50% loss. I usually buy a small amount of a stock that I like and I'll buy more if I still like it later. Especially if the price goes down and I still believe in the company. The best time to buy is usually when everyone is selling.
A great way to get started "buying stocks" is to buy them with no money - Sign up for a free portfolio tracker at Yahoo finance or Marketwatch. It's free. You can add stocks with phantom purchases and "buy and sell" to your hearts content. After a couple weeks, you can see if you like it. Spend a few months doing this, you'll eventually get the hang of it. Use real investment amounts that you might make.
When you do finally decide to invest, make sure to only invest what you can afford to lose and you'll be ok.
Oh... BTW. These are great books. I'd buy and them before you start. They won't teach you how to invest, but they will show you the psychology behind investing, which I think is more important.
http://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Investment-Classics/dp/0471770884
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Street-Addict-James-Cramer/dp/0743224884/ref=pd_sim_b_4
This book of 1921 or 1923 and it is a must read about trading and it is still VERY relevant today.
Check it on amazon and all the comments.
Fooled by randomness is excellent as other have mentioned.
To understand Soros read The crash of 2008 and what it means... he is the opposit of of warren buffet and both make still lots of money at very different end of the game and both lost a lot in the crash and recovered nicely.
Thanks for all the love. "This time is different" is literally the best indicator that you should reconsider your thinking. In the end you are the owner of a (digital) asset and you are telling me you cannot place a value on it? That would bother me.
But you are indeed right, I am coming from the stock world and tend to look at those crypto currencies that are linked to a venture (or better yet where the coins are direct share ownership in the company such as Lykke). In this way I can try to ascertain a value because I can see an underlying business model.
I usually try to avoid pure crypto currencies because they have no ascertainable value to me. You are buying hope that one day they will be used for payments or as a store of value. That being said, I do own BTC and a few others where I see this may one day be the case. I am painfully aware however that it can go to zero tomorrow and that could be perfectly plausible. Something like BTC is based on what people believe it's worth, it can be $5'000 just as likely as it can be $0. Be prepared to lose everything and invest accordingly. I like the optionality to the upside as long as I can afford to lose 100%.
And no, you shouldn't listen to investment advice on this space specifically form finance people. But you should respect investment and speculation wisdom that has recurred over centuries stretching from [tulips] (http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160419-tulip-mania-the-flowers-that-cost-more-than-houses), to [stock certificates] (https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Edwin-Lef%C3%A8vre/dp/0471770884), to [real estate] (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/reference/lessons-from-when-the-bubble-burst/#.WVye_BOGPUI) to [Beanie Babies] (https://qz.com/114753/meet-the-family-who-lost-100000-when-the-beanie-baby-bubble-burst/).
There is nothing new under the sun.
Jumping in, but I've heard a lot of people recommend this book and I think it is very relevant to the crypto space because it was written by a guy trading stocks in the early 1900's. The stock market back then was a lot like the crypto space today, wild west. I have the book I just haven't gotten around to reading it yet.
https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Edwin-Lef%C3%A8vre/dp/0471770884
> "Although Reminiscences...was first published some seventy years ago, its take on crowd psychology and market timing is a s timely as last summer's frenzy on the foreign exchange markets."
—Worth magazine
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre. It's from 1923, but it's still just about the best book on trading and speculation that you will find and widely regarded as a must-read for investors. And in addition, it is also gives a very interesting look at Wall Street at the beginning of the 20th century.
reminiscences of a stock operator
http://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Investment-Classics/dp/0471770884/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1382663586&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=reminiscences+of+a+stock+operator
Which one should I buy?
ebay
amazon
What's the difference?
My favorite book!
Beyond the obvious choices, Watts' The Book, Ram Dass' Be Here Now, Huxley's Doors of Perception, Leary’s The Psychedelic Experience, and of course Fear and Loathing (all of these should be on the list without question; they’re classics), here are a some others from a few different perspectives:
From a Secular Contemporary Perspective
Godel Escher Bach by Douglass Hofstadter -- This is a classic for anyone, but man is it food for psychedelic thought. It's a giant book, but even just reading the dialogues in between chapters is worth it.
The Mind’s Eye edited by Douglass Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett – This is an anthology with a bunch of great essays and short fictional works on the self.
From an Eastern Religious Perspective
The Tao is Silent by Raymond Smullyan -- This is a very fun and amusing exploration of Taoist thought from one of the best living logicians (he's 94 and still writing logic books!).
Religion and Nothingness by Keiji Nishitani – This one is a bit dense, but it is full of some of the most exciting philosophical and theological thought I’ve ever come across. Nishitani, an Eastern Buddhist brings together thought from Buddhist thinkers, Christian mystics, and the existentialists like Neitzsche and Heidegger to try to bridge some of the philosophical gaps between the east and the west.
The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way by Nagarjuna (and Garfield's translation/commentary is very good as well) -- This is the classic work from Nagarjuna, who lived around the turn of the millennium and is arguably the most important Buddhist thinker after the Buddha himself.
From a Western Religious Perspective
I and Thou by Martin Buber – Buber wouldn’t approve of this book being on this list, but it’s a profound book, and there’s not much quite like it. Buber is a mystical Jewish Philosopher who argues, in beautiful and poetic prose, that we get glimpses of the Divine from interpersonal moments with others which transcend what he calls “I-it” experience.
The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila – this is an old book (from the 1500s) and it is very steeped in Christian language, so it might not be everyone’s favorite, but it is perhaps the seminal work of medieval Christian mysticism.
From an Existentialist Perspective
Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre – Not for the light of heart, this existential novel talks about existential nausea a strange perception of the absurdity of existence.
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus – a classic essay that discusses the struggle one faces in a world inherently devoid of meaning.
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I’ll add more if I think of anything else that needs to be thrown in there!
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a novel by Hunter S. Thompson, (made into a feature film).
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer. Definitely not boring.
Also maybe some Hunter S. Thompson - try Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or The Rum Diary or Hell's Angels (if you're looking for something a little more in-depth and serious).
And if I can use your having picked up Fast Food Nation as a guide... I also recommend Mad in America (about the way the country has dealt with mental health in the past and how they deal with it now) and Say You're One of Them (fiction-but-could-easily-be-true short stories about Africa). That last one was really unsettling.
someone already did this one http://www.amazon.com/Fear-Loathing-Las-Vegas-American/dp/0679785892/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1331647335&amp;sr=1-1&amp;tag=acleint-20
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
To anyone unawares, the film is based on a book!
It's my favorite Depp performance!
Any particular video games/novels/tv? Which ones are you hooked on the most right now?
I've been hooked on R6: Siege lately, and just got Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, going to start reading that after I finish Cosmos
>Journalism demands briefness and articles have rigid schemes to follow, so creativity wasn't always welcome.
Fuck them.
Black Hawk Down, by Mark Bowden.
Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand.
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, by Hunter Thompson.
Roughing It, by Mark Twain.
These are four books--all creative, funny, dramatic, informative and beautifully written--by reporters.
Read them and study them. Copy the techniques they use, how they craft sentences, how they lead into the stories they tell, how they turn interviews into characters narrating their events.
And then practice. Over and over and over.
For a quick read: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Great story, hilarious, lots of layers, if you want to go looking for them. Fun read even if not.
Two excellent novels that you might identify with. Both long, but fantastic:
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. Novel about a young officer in the Vietnam war (around your age), based on the author's experiences. Great book, long, but very engaging and entertaining read.
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts: Just go to the amazon page, can't do it justice here, fantastic book.
A cool part about these is that each could be considered a "Roman a clef" (should be some accents there), at least loosely, as both are based to some degree on actual events in the author's lives. Though liberties are certainly taken, still neat to remember.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson. Not 100% non fiction, but definately one of the funniest books I have ever read.
The first hour's all waiting...
and then about halfway through its second hour...
you start cursing the creep who burned you because nothing's happening.
And then... zang!
~hst, f+l
I will always suggest reading this. One of my favorite books ever. Trumps the movie by leaps and bounds.
https://www.amazon.com/One-Up-Wall-Street-Already/dp/0743200403
I'd start by reading through Investopedia Stock Basics to get the general overview.
A few good books include:
Read One Up On Wall Street You'll see how these companies are pretty much the last thing you want to invest in if you want to make real money. Huge companies have slow growth and therefore little payoff.
You may not have been alive fifteen years ago.
But if you like to read "personal finance"....you really NEED to read these.
Peter Lynch
https://www.amazon.com/One-Up-Wall-Street-Already/dp/0743200403
https://www.amazon.com/Beating-Street-Peter-Lynch/dp/0671891634/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=
Andrew Tobias
https://www.amazon.com/Only-Investment-Guide-Youll-Ever/dp/0544781937/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1466002617&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=andrew+tobias
The real question to ask is: Are we as individual investors able to sift through the current accounting tricks that companies use to get an accurate sense of what a company is actually earnings?
I would argue that the answer is no quite often with a lot of public companies. For example, there is a rule that companies don't have to list out any assets that are rated AAA. This rule pretty much created the housing bubble, since Goldman Sachs and other large banks lobbied the credit agencies ruthlessly for the AAA ratings on so many mortgage-backed securities. The tl;dr version is that the financial crisis was created out of a single oversight by the credit agencies.
The sad fact is that the enforcers (SEC) are much less powerful than those being enforced. There was a recent article published about how the CEO of Morgan Stanley was involved with an insider trading case, and when the SEC agent called to question Mack (the CEO), Mack had someone speak to the agent's boss' boss' boss' boss (up 4 tiers). This resulted in the agent being fired. He eventually was awarded wrongful termination, but the fact remains that wall-street is above investigation.
For these reasons, I stick to companies that have a long history of responsible practices. The list of those type of practices is long, but Peter Lynch goes through the best things to look for in One Up On Wall-Street. I would categorize this book as intermediate reading.
Maybe get some books to read on Buffett, Peter Lynch, dividend investing and understanding financial statements.
https://www.amazon.com/One-Up-Wall-Street-Already/dp/0743200403
https://www.amazon.com/Single-Best-Investment-Creating-Dividend/dp/0965175081
https://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Financial-Report-Wringing/dp/1118735846
I would start with a book that appeals to you. Is there any particular trading/investing style that speaks to you? Maybe long-term investing etc?
Peter Lynch's books are great, interesting reads and based on how individuals can find things wall street overlooks: https://www.amazon.com/One-Up-Wall-Street-Already/dp/0743200403/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
Well the thing with older cars is that there's never just "one last repair". When things start breaking, there's no end to it. I'm currently wondering about replacing my wife's 2011 Peugeot 508, the only standing cost for it is insurance at about €110/year, but it has cost me about €1800 in repairs in 9 months and I can only see it going downhill from there.
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On the subject of luxury vehicles - a surefire way to never get rich is to try and look like one from the getgo. Sure it's pointless being 100% frugal in everything and as a young man one must also has a ride the ladies would be interested to ride in. But speaking from experience if I had only known anything about money that 7-series BMW on steamroller wheels I bought at 25yo would have been better off as a decent stock portfolio by now.
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I suggest reading this book before going into stocks, definitely an eye-opener for me: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0743200403/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=AR4DC9FBOWIX7&psc=1
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What are you saving up for? The more money you just bury away, the less profit you see from your investments, as inflation eats it away.
man out of time http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362
I liked this biography when I read it. It was very thorough and well written.
https://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362
Yes this is true. One time Tesla had a dinner party and invited a bunch of guests over to his lab. Twain volunteered to participate in a demonstration. He insisted on full power and ended up shitting himself. I believe I read this in the biography Man Out of Time.
Tesla: Man Out Of Time
A little biased, but nonetheless a great history of how many times Tesla allowed himself to be screwed over.
There's a lot of weird stuff I would recommend avoiding not just because it's silly, but because it's generally so vague and uninformed that it's not even very interesting.
Here are a couple books I read too long ago to remember well, but I remember liking them:
After reading at least one of those biographies, check out some of his writings like especially "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy" (1900) and "Capacities" by his assistant Fritz Lowenstein. If your kid gets more interested in technical things, check out T. C. Martin's book.
Well it was a small Village in Croatia in 1856, so I am going to guess the record keeping may not have been the best.
Source: Tesla Man out of Time
>What does this have to do with their content? Nothing.
On the contrary, I established that your primary source is a blog post which holds as much stature as the cartoon it and you criticize.
>There are mountains of material about this topic?
Yes there are several notable biographies on Tesla, and literally hundreds of books written about Edison, GE, the electrification war.
>Forbes dismisses 15% of the Oatmeal's piece? Really? Did you measure that number? Are you sure it wasn't 17%? Maybe 80%?
Yes, I did estimate that number. I wrote 14+15 (character/invention) claims on a discarded bank envelope that I use as a coaster. I felt the Forbes article focused on 3 invention claims, 2 character claims about Edison and 1 character claim about Tesla. I discounted the Edison claims because I'm well-read and I disagree, yielding 13.7% or if you would like to quibble 20.6%. In either case the magnitude is unimportant, because the Forbes piece does not address 17 out of 29 claims. It accepted 6 claims, the same contested. I'd love to see your estimates.
Nevertheless, I was being fairly generous in assuming the Forbes piece was correct in the statements it contested. I strongly disagree, specifically relating to the attempt to diminish Telsa's role in the development of AC.
>Don't insult me personally and pretend you're making an argument.
Given the beginnings of this thread, I'm amused by your posturing.
EDIT: I found this http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_response after revisiting your article.
As for legitimate reading, start here:
http://www.amazon.com/Edison-A-Biography-Matthew-Josephson/dp/0471548065
and I very much like this one, http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Man-Time-Margaret-Cheney/dp/0743215362
Tesla: Man Out of Time
read this and tell us something we don't know
Seriously, read this. You'll thank me.
https://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463
This is the reason why Abradolf Lincler's confused...
Lincler's bad side: Abraham Lincoln's true bad side <-this is a book.
Abradolf's good side: Adolf Hitler - Just like what Morty said, at least, he cared about Germany and the Holocaust is what he thinks is right on getting revenge on the people who made them lose WW1, his mother, and killed Jesus. Just think of Hitler not as a tyrant but Doing the wrong things for the right reasons
Rick's experiment failed because of this. Too many shades of grey on each character.
>Lew Rockwell is one mendacious, historically selective piece of intellectual garbage.
Please, if you are going to insult someone, at least have the common decency to retort with objective, factual pieces of evidence. Lew Rockwell, and those who write on his website, have sources for their claims, thus they can back their claims up.
Also, there have been many books written about this topic such as this and this.
From what I can tell, seems like it's because of "The Real Lincoln" by Thomas DiLorenzo, an Austrian economist and fellow of the von Mises institute.
He's a libertarian that makes claims about Lincoln being tyrannical and paints him as a "paragon of wickedness, a man secretly intent on destroying states' rights and building a massive federal government."
The persecution complex of some libertarians plus DiLorenzo's call of destroying rights (even though the South was destroying the most fundamental right according to most libertarians - the right to one's self), makes it easy.
It's almost like when some liberals first read/hear things by Howard Zinn.
Good point - he was indeed indifferent to minority rights, and used it only as a tool (which was positive in and of itself) to further his agenda...
http://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463/ref=pd_sim_b1
I didn't write it, Thomas DiLorenzo did. Do you presume to have a higher level of historical knowledge regarding Lincoln than he? Have you read the book?
If you would like to learn more about the real history of the Civil War, read Thomas di Lorenzo's The Real Lincoln
Because the war had nothing to do with slavery perhaps?
http://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1313285823&amp;sr=8-1
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
https://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463
Right moron, play the leftist dribble "you weren't a slave". You weren't either darling. Nor was anyone "black" today. Plenty of whites were slaves too, no white today can claim they experienced it as well. Shocker!
But sure, since I spent years on the subject and wrote numerous college papers on it, I'll chalk it off as a mistake since you're saying so. Fuck the professors and historians who've put in more hours than you ever will to look at reconstruction and post reconstruction.
I never decided what was better for them, you ignorant twit. The civil war was a disgusting act by a fascist warmongering president that created, AND HISTORICALLY DOCUMENTED AND VERIFIED, a post war shit hole in the south and created severe hatred, racism and violence for decadents that followed for decades upon decades. Why was every other country able to get rid of it without a civil war? Hmm?
A war wasn't started because they thought slavery was so immoral and evil kiddo. It was to keep the union together. If it was about "slavery" only, then why did Lincoln promise the south they could retain slavery if they stayed in the Union? Why did Lincoln want to deport them to South America? Read his own writings and his own inaugural address. I'm sure you get all hot thinking about Lincoln suspending habeous corpus too. Oh you don't? You don't even know about that? Oh..ok.
You're an emotional, dimwitted buffoon who believes that you can ignore facts and experts because of "feelings" on a subject.
http://www.san.beck.org/LincolnCivilWar.html
http://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1457996582&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+real+lincoln
Here, I'll get you started. Have fun not reading it or any other historian and expert that had documented 1) the civil war errors and 2) Reconstruction failures
He was absolutely the worst president in history. Read and learn.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0761526463/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_-tu8yb8G50N4R
That has been done. If you are really interested in citations then check the Bibliography of this book: http://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1261460764&amp;sr=8-1
The Law - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936594315/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1936594315
Economics in one lesson - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517548232/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0517548232
That which is seen and is not seen - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1453857508/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1453857508
Our enemy, the state - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E28SUM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001E28SUM
How capitalism save america - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400083311/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1400083311
New Deal or Raw Deal - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416592377/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1416592377
Lessons for the Young Economist - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933550880/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1933550880
For a New Liberty - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610162641/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1610162641
What Has Government Done to Our Money? - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/146997178X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=146997178X
America's Great Depression - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/146793481X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=146793481X
Defending the Undefendable - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933550171/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1933550171
Metldown - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596985879/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1596985879
The Real Lincoln - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761526463/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0761526463
The Road to Serfdom - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226320553/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0226320553
Capitalism and Freedom - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226264211/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0226264211
Radicals for Capitalism - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586485725/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1586485725
Production Versus Plunder - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0979987717/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0979987717
Atlas Shrugged - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452011876/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0452011876
The Myth of the Rational Voter - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0691138737/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thmariwi-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=0691138737
Foutainhead - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452273331/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0452273331&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thmariwi-20
Anthem - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452281253/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0452281253&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thmariwi-20
There are of course more books, but this should last you a few years!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594488010
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams
Goals vs Habits
Both Steve Pavlina and Scott Adams recommend skipping the whole goal-setting thing, and instead setting habits.
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2009/02/goals-into-habits/
http://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4
I read a book recently by Scott Adams called "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big", and the slightly unorthodox tip he has is "goals are for losers, systems are for winners".
For example, instead of setting a goal of losing ten pounds, get into a daily system of healthy activities, there is no end point, so you have no reason to stop.
The book goes into it more, I recommend you read it!
Hi I recommend reading "how to fail at everything and still win big"
https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4
You are still young so you have plenty of time to suceed and you will see that what looks like failure can be useful down the road. Practice the law of attraction https://www.reddit.com/r/lawofattraction/wiki/usefulposts
enjoy :)
This guy is a great writer. I am reading this and it is an incredible read.
He was the first guy who brought Mr.Trump to my attention and since then I have been on the train. And I am still not sick of winning.
> Both of Sam's fundamental moral values and his criticism of Trump.
Sams Morals are freely chosen and arbitrary utilitarian constructs. You can not derive an Ought from an Is.
> Sam believes that Trump was never as successful as he pretended. This is a pretty big deal, since that was one of the major selling points of Trump.
That is demonstrably false.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/mar/22/donald-trump/trump-says-illegal-immigration-down-61-percent-ele/
Some estimates are up to 90%. Thus, without placing a brick or spending a single dollar, through sheer persuasion, he has decreased illegal immigration by a massive margin. If I remember correctly, Sam ignored this when this was pointed out on the podcast.
The topic of failure is interesting for a persuader, and there is a deeper conversation to have here. Remember, Scott's big book is literally,
> "How to fail at everything, and still win big".
https://www.amazon.ca/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4
He even jokes in the video here, that he will call his religion, "Failology". Basically the two summarized points are,
> In the podcast there were some more examples brought up, but now maybe you will have a chance to teach me something, because I don't remember Scott asking Sam about why it's bad to lie or why Trump's lies are bad, and I definitely don't remember him refusing to answer. Could you point me to that part?
I will consider it, as that will require me to listen to the podcast again, and mark the timestamps. Definitely a fair request. I will save the thread and get back to you if I do. Feel free to hang your hat up until then.
This book actually taught me the emotional impulse.
Don't rely on motivation, cause when you rely on it, you're gonna need it forever.
Create a system to study them on a basis, that way you won't need motivation and will actually do it without hesitation. (reference)
This book is very useful in terms of finding the right mindset to deal with failure.
https://smile.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4
He offers plenty of interesting thoughts in his book. I've read it twice now and find his thinking to be very practical and actionable.
I got Scott Adams' book. It's got some great advice there.
dude read How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
^^^^^^http://gen.lib.rus.ec/
This should explain everything for you.
Read "The Psychopath Test" by Jon Ronson to see how truly messed up it can be on both sides: people who say they're sane when crazy, people who are crazy swear they are sane, and the doctors that sometimes get it wrong. Here's a link
So if you've ever seen the movie Bronson with Tom Hardy, it's based off of a real british prisoner who spent MANY YEARS In solitary confinement. I don't know about now but at one point he had the world pushup record of like 160 under a minute or something... anyway He published a book while he was in there called "Solitary fitness". I bought it last winter when I didn't have a membership anywhere and it actually worked very well. Since you already have dumbells and pullup bars you are in great shape, but he only had his cell and a chair I think and he's in amazing shape. Lots of great workouts in there when you don't have much to work with. https://www.amazon.com/Solitary-Fitness-Charlie-Bronson/dp/1844543099
>intelligence indicates failure
That's simply not true at all. Anecdotally we sometimes say smart people have it rough for a few specific reasons some other people might not, but a predictor of failure it is not. In fact, /u/MoliereSC2 posted in this thread an article which says that IQ is actually a great indicator of GDP.
The reason perseverance isn't tied directly into ego is because at some point to remain sane you do have to convince yourself to pursue something in a way that has absolutely nothing to do with who you are, and everything to do with your understanding of the efficacy and importance of what you're doing; of what it is or how it works or what it is for. In order to pursue those things, ego is 'necessarily' out of the equation by definition.
Look, I understand the reaction that most successful people have had big egos, I don't know if you've heard of this or not but this book attempts to go into detail about how and whether the people at the helm of business and perhaps government as well are all crazy in some way. Egotists, psychopaths, you name it. It is cited as saying the percentage for psychopaths in business is 4% which is higher than the percentage of the total population. So there is plenty of reason to 'think' something like ego is involved in it all when considering success.
I don't know if you're aware of it or not, but Trump isn't exactly responsible for his wealth. He has managed what he was given into more money than he started with but he also started with more than enough to take ego completely out of the question when considering what went into the actual decision making process.
In fact, I'm almost inclined to believe the idea of ego necessarily being involved in success has less to do with human nature and an accurate depiction of reality and more to do with the version of celebrity we see on the evening news. When Trump advertises his brand by being the thing he is, it appears ego is all over the picture and it's there by design but to say it bleeds over into all the success and thought processes would be being dishonest about why publicized versions of people aren't accurate.
>No, he was capable of doing so because he obstinately believed in his own odds of success, and this allowed him to overcome many rational perceptions of risks vs potential gains in a way that would cause many rational, "intelligent" people to claim defeat and walk away.
The problem with this is exactly what I already described. The real thought process behind major deals in which a person can retain their sanity by necessity involves a clear understanding of the situation involved and a perseverance not in the face of 'rational perceptions of risk' but perseverance in the championing of the deal they have spent the effort to understand so well.
>part of the reason his presidency has and will continue to be deemed unsuccessful is tied into the fact that he isn't out there criticizing presidents and justifying himself. Bill Clinton spent his last years in office dragging the title of the president through the mud, but now that he's still out in the political world, doing the thumb thing and reminding us how good times were
I'm not sure if you realize this either, but you say in this passage that ego has everything to do with being seen as 'unsuccessful' and not success. I'm not sure if you'll take that as a hit against your view or not since you could believe ego is involved in both success and a lack of success or perceived unsuccessful lives or goals.
So intelligence is a good predictor of success, and perseverance is more honest about the sanity maintaining thought process involved in understanding your risky deals and safe deals than ego would be because ego is often merely part of the branding we see successful people put off in clips on the nightly news.
Keeping fit is a lifestyle choice. you def do not need gym equipment but just the discipline to do so.
Check this book out from Charles Bronson, a prisoner that has spent years in solitary confinement yet kept very fit.
https://www.amazon.com/Solitary-Fitness-Charlie-Bronson/dp/1844543099
Solitary Fitness - Charlie Bronson is a fantastic book full of information, definitely what you're after in my opinion
Charles Bronson's Solitary Fitness is the shit. I've been using it religiously for over 9 months and I feel stronger than I have in years. Gyms are completely unnecessary for strength training.
Bronson released a book on how to get fit with just a room and a chair, since he spent most of his time in prison he knows how. Maybe the methods in OP's photo is all you need, but linking it anyway. http://www.amazon.com/Solitary-Fitness-Charlie-Bronson/dp/1844543099
You don't even need a gym honestly all you need is a mat, maybe a good sturdy bar or pipe and you should be fine:
http://www.amazon.com/Solitary-Fitness-Charlie-Bronson/dp/1844543099?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0
Get this book
https://www.amazon.com/Solitary-Fitness-Charlie-Bronson/dp/1844543099
If only there were some way to make the text in this image appear horizontal...
In other news: Here is an online copy of the article. And here's the text of the stuff in the image:
>If: He has too many photos of himself…
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Maybe he’s just: An artist who does self-portraits.
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But it could mean: He’s a psychopath.
>Kidding! Kind of. Too many solo photos, or an oil painting of himself, can indicate “an overblown sense of self-worth,” says Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test. Too much gold and other flashy objects suggest grandiosity and narcissism, adds Ronson. “Even if he’s not an actual psychopath, I would avoid a narcissist because he’ll be a pain in the ass,” he says. “Instead, women should stick to nerdy intellectuals, like me!” And me!
In my estimation, the bit in this article about guys who own multiple gaming systems is a bit more of a stretch...
[Solitary Fitness] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Solitary-Fitness-Charles-Bronson/dp/1844543099) by Bronson is a good read, I'd also look at /r/bodyweightfitness
And check out Charlie Bronson's book.
Point taken, sorry didn't mean to lecture you.
If you have an internet connection and won't get in trouble, find something of interest and skill up. I appreciate you won't be taking an online degree but at least you can grow from it personally.
Find digital books and copy/paste text into Word docs so you can read them without people seeing etc.
Start an ebay shop.
Stock and shares, even if it's only practice (fantasy stock exchange etc).
If you don't have a net connection, try writing or drawing.
If you have private space you could even exercise or meditate
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Solitary-Fitness-Charles-Bronson/dp/1844543099
I'm still someone's bitch but I enjoy what I do and get paid enough to do fun/cool stuff for my family and friends.
If you have to suck cock 40 hours a week, make it count.
Charles Bronson wrote a book about working out in prison in a confined space. So there's always that.
Edit: Found it. http://www.amazon.com/Solitary-Fitness-Charlie-Bronson/dp/1844543099
Book you're referencing
Just watched that yesterday at a local independent theater. It was entertaining, but didn't really go anywhere. I'd give it a 3.5/5, and add that it wouldn't make for a good discussion afterward.
Also, I don't know where you can get it in the US. Doesn't look like it's out on video here until February.
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edit: I will add that, if you've seen this film already, you might find this Amazon offering funny. (be sure to zoom in for the small print on the cover)
You have a ton of options.
Depending on the workout, train alternating resistance and cardio or do 6 days of both. Charlie's book has you training 6 days a week while /r/bodyweightfitness has you training 3 days a week.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4
http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Time-Shaun-Attwood/dp/1845966511
http://www.amazon.com/Homicide-Killing-Streets-David-Simon/dp/0805080759
Paraphrased from Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.
You mean Homicide?
This may be a bit unconventional, but I suggest that you read this book: https://www.amazon.com/Homicide-Killing-Streets-David-Simon/dp/0805080759
This is a book by the guy that eventually ended up being the producer for The Wire. It's about following every single lead you can to solve a case. I think it is a really valuable psychology lesson in how to approach difficult or "impossible" situations, which is something that happens a lot, especially early in your career when you are thrown into the deep end of the pool of technology.
In the DevOps field, I find it's more important to be extremely flexible and able to rapidly become a jack of many trades than a master of any specific tools or technology. Mastery will come in time with experience/exposure.
You might like Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey. Sandman Slim is more like Dr. Strange if he decided to be a private investigator. He wields magic and has a drinking problem. I found the first 2 novels to be entertaining, even if they are a bit lighter than The Dark Knight trilogy.
If detective novels are your thing check out Red Dragon. Heavier on the detective stuff than you might think, and it's about Hannibal Lecter.
For something about detectives, and how they actually work cases check out Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.
No problem, I'm currently reading it now. Its quite Eye-opening. If you like that check out David Simon, author of Homicide a Year on the Killing Streets as well as [The Corner](http://www.amazon.com/The-Corner-Year-Inner-City- Neighborhood/dp/0767900316/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1374081268&sr=8- 5&keywords=a+year+on+the+killing+streets); both provide a sickening view of the urban decay currently facing inner city ghettos. One from the perspective of an Homicide Detective and the other from the actual drug dealers respectively. These together are what formed the backbone for The Wire, which i also suggest.
For those with Wire withdrawl I suggest.
You don't need it it be fiction - read David Simon's Homicide
but if you absolutely want fiction - Elmore Leonard (sadly passed away this week) - or James W. Hall, Ed McBain, Joseph Wambaugh, Donald Westlake, Robert Crais, Andrew Vachss
Read this book. Your story sounds a lot like mine. Find someone to talk to, or something to do that makes you happy. Find a new hobby. Even better, charity work can be hard on the soul and humbling at the same time. All it takes to shock me out of my rut is to see that my life could be so much worse.
In that case I have two books that explain this issue pretty well and give multiple answers to your question. Both of these books are pretty simple and you can probably find a lot of other ones that discuss the topic but these are the two I've found explain in simplistic terms.
The Universe Next Door --- This books gives a great look at a large range of different world views. It answers your question for each of those world views and pretty much leaves it up to the reader to think what they want.
Man's Search for Meaning --- This book is a specific account of a guy who spent time in the concentration camps during WWII. The first half is his account of that and the second half is his explanation on why he kept on living. Very interesting read.
This question you ask is a huge philosophical topic and it's hard to give a simple answer. Good luck.
This book may be relevant to you at this period of your life.
pick up viktor franks book, A man's search for meaning. It is only about 150 pgs. He was a holocaust survivor that wrote about suffering and searching for purpose.
probably the best book I've ever read.
In that case, I suggest you watch this and pay attention to the dichotomy of striving for more vs being happy in the now, read this and see if you can relate to the feelings within you of pain attacks and the forces that seem to cause them within you, this and how meaning in what we do is more impactful than any other reason, and this where the drives of being content and wanting excitement are given the particular cases of domesticity and eroticism.
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I also invite you to explore the creation of your own psyche through the influences of the time. Early in Mating in Captivity, Esther talks about a book detailing how sex used to be just a biological fact of reproduction, and over time has been turned into what it is today, a status of your own meaning. The things we hold important in the now are completely a construct of how we were raised, insomuch as the entirety of who and what you are, what you eat, how you vote, what you consider normal in society, relationships, all of that, is simply one of many ways your psyche can be built. And there are infinite ways it can be built.
Culture shock is a real thing. And it comes up when you understand and see that others take things you never thought to question, and do them differently because their psyches were constructed in that way. Ultimately, you will be happy when you truly allow all facets of your life to align with what you want to be, rather than what you think they should be.
I would recommend two books, and highly recommend to look for a few more.
This book has changed my life and several friends, all with varying disorders. Saved my best friend from bulimia, helped my husband greatly with BDP, and my brother come out of meth addiction.
Man's Search for Meaning https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807014273/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_RcS3CbEF3R10K
This is to work through BPD and I know it’ll help you define if that’s what’s going on:
Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder https://www.amazon.com/dp/0898620341/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_pbS3Cb2EDVHH8
You should definitely seek out a therapist. Be empowered to call places locally. It’s so great to figure out what’s going on, especially early.
if you give up on yourself you'll be gone. dont give up on yourself no matter what.
I am you 20 years younger, though i dont think I will regret anything. I am too though for that.
read viktor frankl "Man's Search for Meaning"
http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1292272428&amp;sr=8-1
I'd recommend, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
If you feel this is a bit too gory and you are unable to relate to the story- I'd recommend you pick up a bunch of P G Wodehouse novels, where the lives are frivolous, there is no pain and everybody is just happy. They are like musicals without the music!
Good luck and remember, like everything else in life- this too shall pass.
It always, always, comes down to choice. Man has the ability to choose a response to any given situation. We are not hard-wired to be a Stimulus-Response only creature. We have free will, therefore the ability to always choose a response in any given set of circumstances.
See Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl, for a much greater understanding of the concept.
justcs: ^^original ^^reddit ^^link
The first step would be realizing that you are not alone. This book is written by an educate Jewish Doctor that survived Auschwitz. I recommend it to you. I hope I will never have to go through what those people went through, but this guy picked up and moved on, leaving wisdom on a disparate situation. If you cannot afford books check your library or pm me and I'll see what I can do. Cheer up!
Everyone else can help you figure out how to move jobs/locations etc, but maybe you need some advice on how to deal with the situation now?
Find purpose. Just like people have basic physical needs, like to sleep and eat and drink, we also have basic psychological needs and the need for meaning and purpose is the deepest driver of wellbeing there is. If you find meaning in what you do, you'll be happier. I highly recommend reading the book 'Man's Search for Meaning' - it will completely change your mindset and help you get through every day right now - you don't need to wait or change your job for happiness. It changed my life.
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
It's short and easy to ready so give it go - read the reviews here too - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807014273/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
I have both editions of the book and there's nothing in there (sadly) that is outdated. The Kindle or electronic edition of OR will be roughly the same price of Outsider in the House also.
His book was released on November 15, 2016.
Because all politicians are bad it's okay that Bernie is the same?
If more people voted for Bernie, the DNC wouldn't've stolen the election? Bernie wouldn't've bent over for them and come out in support of Hilary?
The guy is a crooked tool just like the rest of them.
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924
Of course! That's just the cover price, real price is $16.
Like, this one?
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924
My article cited his cash advance on his “book” a book which although it retailed for $27, sold at an average price of $9.35 a copy:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1250132924/ref=mw_dp_olp?ie=UTF8&amp;condition=all
The sales on the ghost written book were lack luster, some 200,000 copies:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-made-1-million-2016-while-slamming-rich-people-campaign-trail-621131%3famp=1
This puts Bernie’s advance at a ridiculous 42% of sales.
A typical earnings out for a book is 10% of which 33% is paid as an advance and 11% on delivery with the remaining 66% paid out in royalties. This would be 1% on signing, 3.3% on delivery and 6.6% of royalties as a portion of total sales.
http://www.brianmcclellan.com/blog/how-an-author-gets-paid-the-big-picture
Bernie got 42% on signing.
Connect the despotic dots.
Well, his biography is coming out next month. It will probably expanded significantly around that time.
http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537
http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537
steve jobs was a grade a+ cunt. there are even more examples in w. isaacson's book.
i'm not condoning such cuntish behaviour but today's business environment awards that exact kind of behaviour: be a loud, aggressive, manipulative, abusive, exploitative, lying cunt! if you're a hardworking, silent, keep your head low sort of person -like your parents told you to be-, you won't even pass job interviews for the jobs you're qualified to.
Well, Steve Jobs hated the idea of a stylus.
And personally, I think he was right. "God gave us 10 styluses..." adding a stylus took away from the simplistic nature of apple products and Jobs' vision: an easy to use integrated hardware-software bundle that would connect your entire life. And he did A pretty damn good job in my opinion. and now Apple is sticking to their guns with going for simplicity, and cutting the cords on the headphones.
EDIT: In the biographical book, Steve Jobs he even told Isaacson (the author) that he had plans to revolutionize the textbook industry, because he thought it ridiculous that a 21st century society had to carry around heavy textbooks to help with learning; and wanted to make something (an iPad app? a new tablet altogether? I dunno) to make textbook buying and using altogether through apple products. I wonder what it would've looked like because, as a university student, I see a desperate need for change in the textbook industry, but I won't talk about that here.
Also, I don't sponsor the book or author, I genuinely thought it was an excellent book
... Steve Jobs viewed his father "my sperm and egg bank. That's not harsh, it's just the way it was, a sperm bank thing, nothing more". I'm not sure what you're arguing about when his father had minimal impact on his early life.
Page 14 of his autobiography.
If you want look for immigrant success stories, there are better examples than Steve Jobs.
This book confirms it.
Read The Book.
It's a pretty awesome read.
Great read
Here's his book. http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1369047209&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=jobs
But I'll warn you, it's extremely long and boring, and hugely redundant. It goes something like this:
Rinse and repeat for literally about 600 pages. After about 3 chapters, you're bored, because you know exactly what the next event is going to be. And I mean that. I still wonder why I suffered through the entire book instead of putting it down after a few chapters, I guess I figured I'd give him a chance to change... nope. Extremely well written book, by a very reputable and amazing author.... unfortunately, the subject matter was shit.
He was a thief, a narcissist, and a sociopath.
I just finished the Steve Jobs biography. It was pretty awesome and has me occasionally questioning my worldview and what I'm willing to accept from myself as "good enough." I've been recommending it to everyone who brings up books.
Well, this family does have a history of poorly written books.
While The Donald's book is doing much much better - 4.3 out of 5 average score!
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1474020865&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=DONALD+TRUMP
The reviews here are amazing.
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006
High quality brick and steel, with solar panels to charge your phone and complimentary copies of Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America
Link if you need it: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006
You may be right, but I looked for other books for comparison, Obama for example, only came at 59%: The Audacity of Hope, same with Dreams from my father, Trump with Great Again, came at 74%. Occam razor tells me that Hillary book was brigaded by all sides and Amazon decided only to remove the negative comments.
Meanwhile, Donald's book:
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/dp/1501138006/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=1501138006&amp;pd_rd_r=9YTMG7ZYSBDDBSQ9NGKC&amp;pd_rd_w=xdrgZ&amp;pd_rd_wg=W8MfF&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=9YTMG7ZYSBDDBSQ9NGKC
4.5 *'s
Here's the proof chucklefuck: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Again-How-Crippled-America/product-reviews/1501138006/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_viewopt_sr?ie=UTF8&amp;reviewerType=all_reviews&amp;pageNumber=1&amp;filterByStar=one_star#reviews-filter-bar
Tell me how many pages back you have to go to find a verified one. I'll wait.
The military should be solely for the defense of our country and maintaining order WITH the cooperation of our allies, not a jobs program to expand our empire around the world.
> I joined the Army during a time of war.
When? WWII? Because that has been the last time we were truly at war in the conventional sense. Since then, regardless of whether intervention may be called for or not, we have played politics around the globe, setting up governments and tearing down others. But I'm sure they don't cover that in your officers' school.
If you would like to get started, give this a try:
> It didn't pay well at first, but that just made me work HARDER.
Ah, yes, the old "work ethic" principle. Plenty of people have worked "hard" over the generations. Do you know what those people are often called? Slaves.
They were also called immigrants, the poor, or any other large group of easily exploitable people that can be leveraged for the work they provide. That is what this country is really founded on. Their efforts.
But you'll still get the old mantra of "hard work" where people are slaving away, unable to pay attention to the world around them to even best look after their own situation. So that is how their lose their homes, pensions, healthcare, or even jobs. Because no one tells them that what they really need to do is work "smart" instead, and only look after themselves, otherwise they wouldn't have this blindside.
That is something the 1% does very well, because they know there are a large pool from the 99% that they can get to do their bidding, so they are very much able to concentrate on their own well-being and that of those like them. People like you actually although you don't realize it.
> I have multiple deployments to countries you "99%" would never occupy.
And yet we have a worse Gini index than all the industrialized countries and many of the regions you might included in your countries of deployment.
"As of 2006, the United States had one of the highest levels of income inequality, as measured through the Gini index, among high income countries, comparable to that of some middle income countries such as Russia or Turkey,[8] being one of only a few developed countries where inequality has increased since 1980."
We also have regions of the US that I'm sure you won't occupy in your day-to-day life either.
> Countries who know what hardship is.
Which are also countries that support the movement of the 99% here.
Do you know why that may be? Other than feeling a general solidarity with people who they can identify with, they also know that the 1% in the US, are the ones that can bully the rest of the world. The 1% where they live who may control the resources or maintain corruptions, are those that have more in common with those in the 1% here who behave the same way.
Take a look at Confessions of an Economic Hit Man to get an idea of what I'm talking about.
> This is my $50k a year occupation.
You think that is all it costs to support you being in uniform? You have no ideal of the true costs.
Estimates put the cost of a soldier in Afghanistan at $1 million dollars a year included or not things like:
None of this denies that this country requires a good defense.
None of it what you suggest however applies to that either, nor addresses the reasons why we have an Occupy Wall Street movement in the first place.
> I know what sacrifice is.
I seriously doubt that. For starters, you are still alive, which is more than I can say for my father-in-law or my wife's best friend's husband, the former who suffered with severe trauma for the rest of his life while defending many of those who he fought with, the latter who died from cancer as a direct cause of the Agent Orange he ended up literally showered with in the line of duty.
The people of this country all sacrifice on some level to see that you are able to serve in "your occupation" as you put it. Yet, when your peers, or our citizens want to exercises or maintain the rights that you are supposedly sworn to uphold they are told to "suck it".
You are a disgrace to all of your service men and women who will be returning home to foreclosed homes, no jobs, inadequate healthcare to address all of their needs from the service they gave to their country.
> I AM THE .001%
No you aren't, but you can keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.
You are still part of the 99% and a dishonor to the uniform to not support upholding the constitution or wanting to hold those responsible for the fraud and corruption of our government and industry.
Disclaimer: No disrespect intended for the actual servicemen and women, past and present, who served both their country and their fellow citizens not turning their back on them while claiming to be part of an elite percentage. Those people have my utmost respect, political issues aside.
Edit2: This would be a good example of the people who deserve our respect and are more likely to be part of the .001% than the OP is: More Veterans Joining Occupy Wall Street Since Scott Olsen Was Shot in the Face
Confessions of an Economic Hitmen is also a good read on the subject. If you just want a gist of the book, here's a 1 min video
Funny, my PC interview is next monday. So, check (assuming I get nominated and then invited).
I'm sort of aware of the business-like nature of international development (in fact, read a book which actually made the accusation that the field was often used as a political weapon/line people's pockets, cue IMF rants etc, except this guy was like you, someone who used to work in the field, and got pretty high up it seems: http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/1576753018 ).
However, I didn't know any of those names you mentioned. So thanks for that, I'll be looking into them.
What sort of role could having a Masters in International Development play? What about having an MBA?
Ideally my 5 year plan looks something like this: Peace Corps, get out, get grad school (not sure whether that'll be soft or engineering). I'm banking on the fact that whatever ten year plan I set will probably be severely challenged by the man at the end of my five year plan, so I'm mostly trying to investigate my various options.
From what you've said, it sounds like an MBA would still track me to project management, but would it start me in a high position? Or would I still be better off moving in laterally as a professional?
Thanks a lot for the post, candid is valuable. Pointers to that reading material would be amazing. Screw that scenario with the unpaid internships that you painted, that sounds worse than the physics academia I'm running from (grad school, post doc, post doc, shitty first position in Nebraska, then finally move to somewhere big and get on the tenure track).
Also- is there much connection between Intellectual Property Law and International Development? I was thinking about IP law for a while but honestly I don't agree with many of the ways IP Law is used, if anything I'd be fighting against the corporations that can pay. Not sure if I want to do the time in corporate sell-out land, not as a lawyer anyway.
Read "Confessions of an Economic Hitman". It will make you angry.
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/1576753018
You should check this book out. I agree that we can't get used to playing the victim card, but I think there definitely is a predatory nature to the IMF, World Trade Organization and World Bank.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man turned me from Republican to Democrat in a single reading.
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/1576753018
You are right. I meant Saudi Arabia. Sorry, I was confused between the two. Thank you for calling me out, I have corrected my original post.
I read it in [Confession's of an Economic Hit](http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/1576753018 "Amazon") [Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man "wikipedia"). Perkins states that in a conversation with a Saudi diplomat in 1974 the diplomat remarked to Perkins that goats were the Saudi answer to their trash. He later goes on to state that once the U.S. got involved, in an effort to secure an oil source, they began to use garbage trucks.
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
Not paranoid. I just read Confessions of an Economic Hitman
You're not arguing with my point of view, you are arguing with this guy. I just happen to believe his story.
I can't say I'm not a little bit skeptical about this book, I can say it was an eye opener and it got me interested in pursuing more information.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Its not too new, so you may or may not have heard of this. But I really enjoyed this book as intellectual fun reading and thought I'd suggest it!
The link is to the NY Times review, but here is the amazon link.
It explores Scientology's distain of psychiatric practices, the problems of checklists and self diagnosis, psychopathy in the community, and the role of insanity and the media. Just an all around enjoyable read. :)
Pretty much. I recently read "The Psychopath Test," (just a link to amazon, no affiliate or whatever) and as a conclusion, as with many other diagnoses and diagnostic tools, I came to the conclusion that given the power of such a label it sometimes harms people unnecessarily, but there are people who do not have empathy and they will take advantage of you and other creatures to get pleasure or enjoyment (animal cruelty ranks highly in suggesting psychopathy (aka: antisocial personality disorder)). Sometimes you need someone else to step in if such an individual can't treat other individuals respectably, there is a reason why (even if it might be a last resort) that there are people, given power by your local government, that can intervene when needed.
TL; DR: there's no such thing as black and white (in physics or psychology, but we're getting ahead of ourselves), but there are psychological conditions that cause people to treat others without empathy and sometimes intervention is necessitated if attempts to encourage "reasonable" (where this is determined by the community) behavior fail.
Lack of empathy = psychopathy
I read in The Psychopath Test that Autism did increase around the same time as immunisations became "popular" but only because the psychology field had expanded the definition of "Autism" including conditions such as Aspergers and whatnot.
Use this link instead:
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924
Excellent point. And I appreciate any allegory that uses fruit.
May I suggest some important offerings from some of the most prominent Socialists in the USA, Past and present. Good reading my friend.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Became-Socialist-Jack-London/dp/1425475981
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924
https://www.amazon.com/Trumpet-Conscience-King-Legacy/dp/0807001708
https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537
The terms sociopath and psychopath are mostly interchangeable. Being psychotic is not a symptom of psychopathy and something completely different, which is what my first comment was alluding to.
Source: Finished reading Jon Ronson's The Psychopath Test recently.
>Yeah, they're called Zionists, and they want to enslave you in debt, coerce you into fighting and dying fighting Israel's wars, and bomb you with fals flag attacks like 9/11.
That might be true, there might also be evil unicorns living in my closet but I was referring to people who leave evidence, like the Time Square Bomber...well if you can even call him a bomber.
>They're truly dangerous socipaths and fanatacs, all the more so because they have so many brain-dead useful idiots doing a lot of their work for them.
Most Americans would shit their pants if they realize just how common psychopathy really was. Something like 1 in 25 people in the US meet at least a few of the qualifications on the Hare list.
Both of those are amazing books on the subject
http://www.amazon.com/Psychopath-Test-Journey-Through-Industry/dp/1594488010/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
http://www.amazon.com/Sociopath-Next-Door-Martha-Stout/dp/0767915828/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1322058965&amp;sr=1-1
Your brother may be a psychopath in the clinical sense. Go through this checklist and see what he scores. If he is near 30 (or over 30) according to the checklist, there probably isn't much you can do for him. You can read more about psychopathy, but the gist is that if he is one, he can't see what he is doing is wrong and won't be able to change.
Please note, I'm not a mental health professional, just someone that read The Psychopath Test. The description of your brother screamed psychopath to me. Counseling could possibly help him, but the way you describe him, he sounds like the kind of person that will either have to monitored his whole life or left to suffer the consequences of his actions.
Edit: I didn't see your comment:
> He tries to pretend he's a sociopath
Until after I commented. So, you have probably already considered what I wrote. If he really does have psychopathic or sociopathic tendencies (or what is labeled antisocial personality disorder now) you don't have a lot of options. See if you can get him help.
This should do the trick.
Yes the karma system was invented to protect crypto traders from getting idle hands from evil rumor spreaders like me.
What a fucking self aggrendizing and delusional thought.
If you were interested in real financial advice you wouldn't be reading this subreddit, the dumbest place have found yet on the internet for cryptonews. Even 4chan/biz is better because they don't downvote bad news and signals.
If you wan't to get out of the fomo/fud mill go read a book ( you should thank me for this advice ):
https://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Stock-Operator-Edwin-Lefèvre/dp/0471770884
Also go help your local community or pledge a percentage of your income. Jesus you guys are fucking navel gazing.
Go look at the charts we are heading downwards and selling and buying in again is NOT BAD ADVICE right now.
We just passed the 128 MA that we have been ABOVE SINCE 2016 for gods sake. Over 2 years ago and at that time we entered long term bear market.
Just giving you guys free advice and you get all sad and angry and vengeful.
I know the song. It was on the radio for like a year and a half. I believe that Hunter Thompson is the best (or at least most publicly exposed) example of a person that has taken this quote to heart.
That's why they wrote the song... the quote, plus the excerpt from Fear and Loating equals that song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8gAtTxWhUY
http://www.amazon.com/Fear-Loathing-Las-Vegas-American/dp/0679785892/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1373775814&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=fear+in+loathing+in+las+vegas
Although I recommend Indexed Investing, I really enjoyed "One Up On Wall Street" by Peter Lynch. It is a different perspective than indexed investing. I plan on following the 90% Indexed funds and 10% "Peter Lynch Style" for my portfolio
Note: It is about stock picking (buy and hold - so long term, not day trading) and doesn't touch indexed funds...in the book, Peter says you should get some value by paying a higher MER otherwise it is not worth it. He has since corrected himself, and both Peter and Warren Buffet say indexed investing is best for Most investors.
https://www.amazon.ca/One-Up-Wall-Street-Already/dp/0743200403/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1487691453&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=peter+lynch
Millionaire teacher alone should be enough to start your indexed portfolio. If you enjoyed Millionaire teacher, and have a basic grasp on personal finance, you can check out Andrew Hallams recommended book page...he has some more advanced books listed
https://andrewhallam.com/books/
Tesla: Man out of time
by - Margaret Cheney
Such an underappreciated man. He could have done so much more for the world had he only been financed properly. Brilliant scientist, shitty salesman.
The man who took in those coming on boats, yearning to be free, and enslaved them into the military to conquer the rest of the nation, so that we may all be enslaved to the point where children are brought up with the myth that he "ended slavery".... and a poet.
Really, lincoln was america's stalin. That people revere him, shows how profoundly ignorant americans are.
Think I'm wrong? Check the citations in the definitive work:
http://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463
https://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463
Enjoyed my professor talking about this during my first year in college, it was a real eye opener.
You seem to misunderstand my point. I am not dissing engineers or rocket scientists. To understand where I'm coming from, ask yourself, how is it that a space shuttle blew up in 2003, 15 years after the Challenger incident? Then, read this.
It takes practice, but it's a very important skill so worth cultivating. This is one way to look at it, from the logical side:
https://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393320928
relevant book? :)
This guy wrote a book on it (he's been in jail most of his life in solitary)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Solitary-Fitness-Charles-Bronson/dp/1844543099/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1420037910&amp;sr=8-4&amp;keywords=charles+bronson
You might enjoy the writings of Scott Adams.
A philosopher, or an expert on political ideologies, would argue that capitalism is the form of economy & government most suited to human nature. In truth, everyone on the planet is concerned primarily with themselves and those closest to them. Even at the very top level (excluding outright sociopaths), wealthy businessmen & women care about their family, friends, and themselves. They aren't much different than the poor folk, only they have influence and power.
And in fact, it's that distinction that sets capitalism apart from other ideologies. Name the families who make up the oligarchy, and you'll come up with a dozen or so names. Waltons, Rockefellers, Kochs, etc. But, there are so many more wealthy people out there who actually did start from nothing. I have two within my own family! One invented the UPC barcoding system, one worked his ass off and is now a rocket scientist, working for massive satellite firms, even NASA at one point. These guys started from a town in Wisconsin of less than 4,000 people. They grew up drinking powdered milk and eating leftovers & casserole. Now they own million dollar homes, vineyards, the whole nine yards.
Now, they certainly had some help along the way (no one can succeed without help), but their success was determined by the willingness to work hard, a small dash of luck, and their willingness to take advantage of the resources that were out there.
I know there's a lot of things wrong with the capitalist system, but the whole idea it's founded upon is that anyone, even a poor-ass peasant, can put in the time and effort required to work their way up. And you know, that aspect is still intact.
Absolutely. You're probably just concerned about scale. You may think earning 3% is small when investing $1,000 ($30 ROI), but scale that up to say $25,000 and you get an ROI of $750. Still not a great deal of money, but way more than the smaller investment.
The problem becomes getting your foot in the door to earn those higher returns. You could take out a loan and make your bet on the market to build your bankroll (Buying on Margin), but if your first bet goes bust, you could easily be in trouble/debt for a very long time. This is Risk and how much you're willing to take on.
A great book you should read is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre. It doesn't outline any trading strategies (that are useful today), but gives you a good idea on the philosophy of trading. Good luck to you if you decide to start trading.
Explain the several bills that would have ended slavery w/o causing civil war that Lincoln himself voted down during his time as senator.
I mean, there's elementary sugar-coating, then there's like, you know, facts.
https://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1472790699&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+real+lincoln
http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463
IMO, there are several old sets that are better than McPerson's books.
Also, if you're not afraid to raise the librarian's (or other schoolmarms') eyebrows, try The Real Lincoln. It's imperfect (like most books), but full of interesting, thought-provoking ideas.
etc etc etc
It's as real as shows get. It was created by a former homcide reporter for the Baltimore Sun and the show was on HBO (aka, uncensored). The creator, David Simon, also wrote the book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
The characters (criminals, cops, and politicians) and most events on the show were based on real life. He takes liberties to make social/political commentary and to adapt to television, it's not a documentary. I recommend you give it a shot before dismissing it as just another cop show. This is far from your average cop show. In fact, I wouldn't even say it's a cop show. It's a show about the war on drugs and decline of the American city as told through the stories of cops, dealers, addicts, politicians, schools, and the media.
Four random books from my nearest shelf: Underground Bases and Tunnels, Man's Search for Meaning, The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog, Amberville.
Can't say I have read the five books you listed, but based on what I've heard about them... Amberville would probably be something you'd enjoy. :)
Edit: Have to throw this in: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. ;)
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/1576753018
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine
International money is not designed to help. It's designed to put countries into permanent debt and forced privatizations of public infrastructure paid for by generations of that nations tax payers. Every single nation that has been on the receiving end of this has gotten fucked. Every single one. The Greeks, or any other nation, would be fools to accept the terms offered.
Read the books. Then talk.
Still working on the ending to his new book?
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Revolution-Believe-Bernie-Sanders/dp/1250132924/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1473693620&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=bernie+sanders
(look at that list price, kek)
(no refunds!)
They can't say much because Trumps book doesn't seem to have faced the wrath of funny reviewers yet: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501138006/ Seems too clean.
Trying to prove Trump is not gaslighting us in a reddit post to someone that has already made their mind would take a TON of time. I do however, invite you to do a few things if you're truly seeking to understand the other side(doubtful).
Like most things in life, there are two sides and both sides are credible.
Though this should be followed by another comment: one of thanks for this community.
I remember coming here a month ago and buying a handful of stocks because I liked the company's products. The first time someone asked me about a P/E ratio, I did a 'what-sit-whosit'?
Then I started reading. I read William O'Neil in a week:
http://www.amazon.com/Money-Stocks-Complete-Investing-System/dp/0071752110/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335244563&amp;sr=1-2
Then I read Peter Lynch:
http://www.amazon.com/One-Up-On-Wall-Street/dp/0743200403/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335244585&amp;sr=1-1
Now I am reading a phenomenal book, Spent:
http://www.amazon.com/Spent-Sex-Evolution-Consumer-Behavior/dp/B002ZNJWHW/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1335244608&amp;sr=1-3
(I almost don't want to recommend this book, because it's a nuclear weapon in investing; we are all essentially at war, after all)
I have also subscribed to Businessweek, Investor's Business Daily, subscribed to the MarketSmith service, and subscribed to TC2000.
With some of my profits from my latest trades, I am buying myself a subscription to the Wall Street Journal, and will be joining a few other groups around the internet.
If anyone has any suggestions for other tools or services I should use, please share.
A lot of members on this board contributed to my education, and have been essential in second-guessing some of my positions with factual evidence. To those members, I am deeply indebted. Thank you.
What is less helpful, and useless, is the blanket downvoting I receive, and the snarky comments that I seem to generate.
Aren't we here to make money together?
I am still new, but I am learning at an astronomical pace. Thanks for everyone's continuing advice and support.
Not defending vandalism, but to be fair, Lincoln was a tyrant who caused the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
>Most Americans consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatest president in history. His legend as the Great Emancipator has grown to mythic proportions as hundreds of books, a national holiday, and a monument in Washington, D.C., extol his heroism and martyrdom. But what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false? What if, instead of an American hero who sought to free the slaves, Lincoln were in fact a calculating politician who waged the bloodiest war in american history in order to build an empire that rivaled Great Britain's? In The Real Lincoln, author Thomas J. DiLorenzo uncovers a side of Lincoln not told in many history books and overshadowed by the immense Lincoln legend.
I know you Americans love your mythical heroes, so let the downvotes commence...
Can you post a purchasing link to amazon?
Edit: Of course, instead of answering a question down vote the shit out of it, that's helpful.
Edit 2: OP was kind enough to provide me with a link
Whoever wondered what book it is can buy it without asking a bunch of condescending pricks for help.
He made $391,000 from the sale of his book "Our Revolution"
> “It was a bestseller, it sold all over the world, and we made money. So if anyone thinks I should apologise for writing a bestselling book, I’m sorry I’m not going to do it.”
How much did one of these books cost? between $7.73 and $10.00
So he either sold between 39,100 copies to 50,000 copies all over the world. And the fucking thing is 464 pages.
A moment of honesty...nobody but Bernie acolytes read this damn thing.
And he only paid a 23% effective tax rate. Sad.