I really enjoyed Sapiens.

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Jan 19, 2021
11:00:29pm

durandal Rampant AI

I really enjoyed Sapiens.

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durandal

Previous username: science pete
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Tell me what book I should buy next to read-

BeyondTheMark All-American

1/19/21 10:56pm

Waiting for the list...

BlueBlood94

1/19/21 10:57pm

sorry, edited

1/19/21 10:58pm

The Psychology of Money

IceBlueCoug

1/19/21 10:59pm

Just finished it. Excellent

Agnostic-alumni

1/19/21 11:27pm

I really enjoyed Sapiens.

durandal

1/19/21 11:00pm

Sapiens was great but it gets criticism from people in that field for being

sunjieming

1/19/21 11:35pm

I think that's a fair criticism. But also probably why I enjoyed it, since it tells a narrative that is obviously more

durandal

1/20/21 8:07am

We have very different tastes, but I am interested in Sapiens and have heard from people that liked it.

shimmy

1/19/21 11:03pm

Lots of good choices, here are my votes: Bonds That Makes Us Free, April 1865, Devil at My Heels, Scalia Speaks, &

BlueBlood94

1/19/21 11:05pm

Different take - Sapiens is a bad book. I’d recommend Master and Margarita. The

valleus

1/19/21 11:10pm

I'm interested in what you didn't like about it. In generally I found it compelling, even if I didn't agree with all of

durandal

1/19/21 11:12pm

I felt in both his books he comes off as a sophist. He’s glib in his analysis of

valleus

1/20/21 7:23am

Thanks for your comments. I can definitely see that perspective, and probably agree to a certain extent.

durandal

1/20/21 8:09am

I would have simply said that he is an arrogant SOB who isn’t nearly as smart

jkccoug

1/20/21 3:59pm

Lol. That is also a good take 🙂

valleus

1/20/21 4:50pm

Blind Man's Bluff, Thinking in Bets, The Code Book

El Careeb

1/19/21 11:26pm

Bradley's BoM analysis is thorough. He can be a soundly creative reader

SinkingQuffa

1/19/21 11:49pm

Dude you are way over my hesd!!!

Pippi

1/20/21 4:38am

He's smart, but his conclusions are often way too cute.

SinkingQuffa

1/20/21 5:17am

Recursion by Blake Crouch

Belboz

1/20/21 7:59am

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