Seeing Like a State
…A [[book]] by James C. Scott on how and why nation-state…
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It’s remarkable to sit with a group of 15 an 16 year-olds talking about the way that a book is in conversation with the various facets of their own lives and to see that that could serve as an entrypoint for them to understand the way that their lives are in conversation with one another in ways that might have never been possible without that text. (Clint Smith on teaching literature, in conversation with Krista Tippet)
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Becoming Animal
…A [[book]] I'm reading by David Abram. From the book: > This is a book about becoming a two-legged animal…
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Tao: The Watercourse Way
…A [[book]] begun by [[Alan Watts]] and finished after his death by…
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frugal hedonism
…Notes on the [[book]] [_The Art of Frugal Hedonism_](https://www.frugalhedonism.com/), a…
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nonviolent communication
…the root causes of negative feelings. Quotes are from the [[book]] _Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life_ unless otherwise noted. ## Observations…
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Antifragile
…From the [[book]] by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, things which are antifragile get stronger…
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A Philosophy of Software Design
…book]] by John Osterhout Key points: - [[the best APIs are narrow…
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Less but better
…Notes on the [[book]] _Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less_: ## Dieter Rams’s design…
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Accelerate
…Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations* [[book]] by Nicole Fosgren, Jez Humble, and [[Gene Kim]] started in…
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Why Buddhism Is True
…Notes on the [[book]] _Why Buddhism is True_ by Robert Wright. The book argues…
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Lean Logic
…David Fleming, an economist, cultural historian, and environmentalist. As the [[book]]'s subtitle, "A Dictionary for the Future and How to…
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Entangled Life
…A [[book]] by Merlin Sheldrake on fungi and the surprising ways that…