I wanted to do this post at the end of last year and then ended up procrastinating on it. It’s somewhat late … but here it is: my favourites from last year.
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Intelligence (IQ) is not fixed
I’ve always felt that intelligence is not quite fixed. Yet, over the years, I’ve encountered a lot of people who believed differently. Some of them vehemently disagree with the idea that you can increase your intelligence even though neuroplasticity would indicate that there is at least some validity to becoming smarter through practice.
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Habits are pretty important and habit building has been an ongoing process for me. There is so much information on habits that I think we can sometimes drown in the information without actually getting to the implementation and action side.
There are two books that I usually recommend to people. I’ve found these the most helpful and practical.
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This is an excellent book to read if you’ve ever thought that fame and fortune will make you happy. It really does show that peace is an inner job and not dependent on anything happening on the outside.
I never intended to even read this, but I picked it up in the bookstore and got drawn in by one of the countless unbelievable stories of being a famous musician. I got so drawn in by the insanity of it all that I finished reading it in two days.
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In Year Omega the entire human race becomes infertile. No real reason is given for this, but the after-effects are dire.
As someone who reads and writes sci-fi, I would have loved to come up with an idea like this. It’s an epic idea for a story because you can do so much with it.
Continue reading “Book Review: The Children of Men – PD James”Is self-help the weed of the book world?
The other day I wanted to see if my local bookstore had any books on Python programming. A few years ago they used to have at least one or two, but I’ve recently noticed the IT section shrinking steadily. Today the IT section is a mere single shelf in a store where nearly 25% to 30% (by my own estimation) of the shelves are taken over by popular psychology, or self-help, or business tactics, or some combination of those. And when I say 25% to 30% that’s a fairly conservative estimation on my part—it might actually be more.
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