Category: Books
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A New Mental Operating System: 7 Lessons From ‘Siddhartha’ by Hermann Hesse
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Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse was a new operating system for my mind. Despite the book’s age (100 years) and brevity (152 pages), it was one of these rare cases of literature…
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How to Write Well: 4 Lessons From ‘The Sense of Style’ by Steven Pinker
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Since I started writing professionally three years ago, I’ve read dozens of books, style guides, and advice columns on how to write well. Out of all these, The Sense of Style is the…
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5 Big Ideas From ‘To Paradise’ by Hanya Yanagihara
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When Hanya Yanagihara published A Little Life in 2015, she caused a literary earthquake. The book dealt with depression, trauma, and pain in a very explicit way, making it one…
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Relearning How to Read in the Age of Algorithms
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It’s strange writing this out, but lately, I feel like I’ve lost my ability to read. Long-form texts are particularly challenging for me. Sentences are incredibly hard to get through.…
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How a Book on Negative Thinking Made Me 20% Happier
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There’s one passage from The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman that has been a more potent wake-up call for my happiness than blasting trumpets, buckets of icy water, and a double…
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Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport: 5 Lessons to Tame Technology
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“I finally finished it!” my brother told me on a train headed to the north of Germany. By “it,” I could tell, he meant Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. Not…