I would put in copies of Gödel, Escher, Bach and (with recency bias) perhaps Triumphs of Experience. Which other books are worthy?
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@starsandrobots The Authoritarians (Bob Altemeyer). Deschooling Society (Ivan Illich). Seeing Like a State (James C Scott)... woops, theme. - End of conversation
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@pmarca thanks for the retweet! Any books you'd suggest for this?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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This idea is still bothering me. I think I'm going to go ahead and do this. https://twitter.com/starsandrobots/status/588001298600988672 … respond if you're interested!
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To nobody's great surprise, the list of books I wished read I had when I was 12 is heavy on the math/science side:pic.twitter.com/YAYFR9Khor
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First edition of this. Mostly math books. I genuinely wish I had had these books when I was between age 12-16:pic.twitter.com/iTgqbUxGF3
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You can buy the collection here: https://products.stripe.com/twitter/acct_15gmYQJaaUkGyx5F/products/prod_7UGsoIIk0dnX7E …
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@starsandrobots great idea - but who would choose books & based on what criteria? -
@thezhanly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ what would you put in such a box? -
@starsandrobots The 48 Laws of Power? Nah, curated Asterix and Tintin library maybe
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@quinzee ha! That sounds amazingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BillSeitz We're gonna need a bigger box. -
@starsandrobots ebooks, baby
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@rohit_x_ huh! have you read this book? -
@starsandrobots no. the experiment of distributing the book to everyone seemed relevant to your baby box idea.
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