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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    1. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 11 Jul 2019
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      The Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review - https://amzn.to/2Y0hfr0  A handbook of how to do code review well, and how to make it effective. It's from a pre pull request era so a bit dated, but still good!

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    2. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 14 Jul 2019
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      Epistemic Injustice by Miranda Fricker https://amzn.to/2jNz5LY  You need to be able to read Philosopher for this one, but if you can I think it's well worth while. I like some of the later work on this subject more than this book, but the book is worth reading as a foundation.

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    3. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 14 Jul 2019
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      How to talk about books you haven't read by Pierre Bayard https://amzn.to/2jN1G45  Great book on the nature of books and reading, and how they sit in a cultural context. Despite the subject matter I've read it cover to cover twice.

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    4. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 14 Jul 2019
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      Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong by Pierre Bayard https://amzn.to/2laApsB  Presents the method of Detective Criticism as a way to suggest an alternate (and, to my mind, convincing) interpretation of the mystery of The Hound of the Baskervilles and discuss the nature of fictional worlds.

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    5. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 14 Jul 2019
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      Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker https://amzn.to/2laANax  Queer theory in graphic novel form. Very accessible for what is normally a fairly impenetrable subject. Can be read in an afternoon, and is very much worth reading.

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    6. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 18 Jul 2019
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      The Strategy of Conflict by Thomas Schelling - https://amzn.to/2XQiGZG  How to reason about positive sum games, especially diplomacy. Very accessible given only a little bit of background in economics and game theory. Significantly improved my reasoning about people's behaviour.

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    7. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 18 Jul 2019
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      The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Wang Weijun - https://amzn.to/2XVELq9  Autobiographical essays. Ends up being "about" the intersection between mental and physical health and (not wholly positively) spiritual practice. Not sure how much I learned, but so many Feelings.

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    8. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 11 Sep 2019
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      Descartes' Error by Antonio Damasio - https://amzn.to/2LHpVuo  The interplay between emotions, embodiment, and reasoning, and the neurology of why emotional impairment leads to bad decision making. CW: Horrifying brain damage.

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    9. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 25 Oct 2019
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      Style: Towards Clarity and Grace https://amzn.to/31Odcf8  A book about writing style, with a focus on how to ensure you are writing clear, direct, and simple prose. I like its advice a lot, but am also probably going to be super self conscious about my writing for a while.

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    10. David R. MacIver‏ @DRMacIver 25 Oct 2019
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      I read "Style: Towards Clarity and Grace" as a result of its mention in "Clear and Simple as the Truth" (https://amzn.to/2PjremE ), which I'd recommend with caveats: I think it's an excellent book for thinking about writing style, but I don't actually like the style it advocates.

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      David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 25 Oct 2019
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      Replying to @DRMacIver

      Coincidental discovery two days ago: Mark Turner, author of this book and of numerous influential works in cogsci, is married to Megan Whalen Turner, author of a favorite series of YA fantasy novels (“The Queen’s Thief”).

      10:25 AM - 25 Oct 2019
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