Difference between revisions of "Books I've Read"
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* ''[[Wikipedia:Permutation City|Permutation City]]'', by [[Wikipedia:Greg Egan|Greg Egan]] | * ''[[Wikipedia:Permutation City|Permutation City]]'', by [[Wikipedia:Greg Egan|Greg Egan]] | ||
* ''[http://www.sirlin.net/ptw-book/prologue.html Playing to Win], by [[Wikipedia:David Sirlin|David Sirlin]] | * ''[http://www.sirlin.net/ptw-book/prologue.html Playing to Win], by [[Wikipedia:David Sirlin|David Sirlin]] | ||
| − | * ''Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman'', by [[Wikipedia:Richard Feynman|Richard Feynman]] | + | * ''[http://lib.freescienceengineering.org/view.php?id=597279 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman]'', by [[Wikipedia:Richard Feynman|Richard Feynman]] |
| + | ** Absolutely delightful, but it's just some fun stories. Possibly useful for [http://lesswrong.com/lw/4ku/use_curiosity/ inducing curiosity]. | ||
== Books I regret reading == | == Books I regret reading == | ||
| − | + | * ''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'', by Philip K. Dick | |
* ''The Art of Learning'', by Josh Waitzkin | * ''The Art of Learning'', by Josh Waitzkin | ||
** Faff. It's a book about how great it is to be Josh Waitzkin and about the phenomenology of competition, not a book about how to learn. Read ''Playing to Win'' instead. | ** Faff. It's a book about how great it is to be Josh Waitzkin and about the phenomenology of competition, not a book about how to learn. Read ''Playing to Win'' instead. | ||
* ''The Lucifer Effect'', by [[Wikipedia:Philip Zimbardo|Philip Zimbardo]] | * ''The Lucifer Effect'', by [[Wikipedia:Philip Zimbardo|Philip Zimbardo]] | ||
Revision as of 04:13, 22 November 2013
A (currently unfinished) list of all the books I've read, by category, then in alphabetical order, so I can keep track of them. You may find it useful if you think I have good taste, owing to how it is categorized. You will also find occasional mini-reviews. See also my Reading list.
Contents
Books I want to read again
- How to Read a Book, by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren
- Le Ton beau de Marot, by Douglas Hofstadter
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter
Books I am fine with never reading again
Those that I have read once
- Influence, by Robert Cialdini
- Felt very smarmy and deceptive. The research was sorely lacking. I only don't regret reading this because so many people reference it, and it was an acceptable introduction to the field. Chapter 3 was good, though.
- Psychology, 7th Edition, by David G. Myers
- For a long time, the only textbook I ever read all the way through. Deservedly popular, excellent throughout.
- Here is a sample of the author's work from a different textbook.
- Permutation City, by Greg Egan
- Playing to Win, by David Sirlin
- Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, by Richard Feynman
- Absolutely delightful, but it's just some fun stories. Possibly useful for inducing curiosity.
Books I regret reading
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
- The Art of Learning, by Josh Waitzkin
- Faff. It's a book about how great it is to be Josh Waitzkin and about the phenomenology of competition, not a book about how to learn. Read Playing to Win instead.
- The Lucifer Effect, by Philip Zimbardo
