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I've definitely been trying to grow my physical library again, after a few years of relying more on ebooks.

I know that encoding non-transaction data on chain is controversial, but this could be a valid use case: hashes for specific versions of important or controversial texts.

I don't really worry at this point about a future where Hayek or Nietzsche are inaccessible, but I do worry about a future where the space is polluted by subtly distorted versions, as everything is constantly dynamicaly rewritten to serve the status quo.
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PolymathicPedagogue 2y ago

This all seems to dystopian, but yet this is the reality we're living in.

Out of curiosity, what have been your recent purchases? Anything you'd recommend to fellow Nostriches for their personal reading or self-directed learning?

#education #reading #books #bookstr

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Nomad 2y ago

A few! I like having different books for different places: one in the study, one for commutes, one before bed. Some way of dealing with a short attention span, I guess.

I've been trying to read more history, so currently enjoying The Mongol Empire, by John Man. It's a very literary and narrative history, so sometimes you wish there was a little more detail, but it's an incredible story, especially Genghis' original rise to power.

A fun fiction pairing with that has been The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian, a collection of Howard's original short stories in publication order. Everyone knows the Milius film with Arnold (which is great!) but Howard's Conan has a little more complexity.

Finally (and maybe a more relevant to the #bookstr folks who like finance/econ themes), I'm a little ways into The Laws of Trading by Lebron. It's definitely themed around trading decision making, but uses that to discuss more general principles for good decisions under uncertainty. The first quarter or so is good, at least!