^^ @vgr (didn’t tag you above so you could avoid the mentions ;)
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This got me thinking... What book reviews/book summaries are arguably better than the book itself? For example, 80% of the value for 5% of the time. Tamara’s rec below is great. I’d also add Venkat’s treatment of Seeing Like a State: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/07/26/a-big-little-idea-called-legibility/ …https://twitter.com/_TamaraWinter/status/1107814507399835648 …
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@Kasparov63's review of a book about AI and chess, now unfortunately behind a paywall: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2010/02/11/the-chess-master-and-the-computer/ … Great thoughtful review! -
gah, paywalled
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quite good, thank you both
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I was just thinking that the opposite is usually true.https://twitter.com/borismus/status/1082480894110121985 …
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it may be generally better to read the full book but i’m wondering about exceptions (and exceptionally good summaries) i also hope to read Democracy in America someday... :)
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Half tempted to follow Gwern on goodreads because of their review/summaries.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1961238863 …
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I think part of the appeal is that I already have a working model of gwern's way of thinking due to his extensive blog, so its easier to harvest that 80% than just a random summary I find.
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