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Do Short Stories Deserve the Same Negative Label as Fast Food?

27 Dec 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Vitus │Righteous Legacy

What do books have in common with food? You can’t enjoy them during sleep by putting them under your pillow. Eating and reading have more in common than most think. Size, taste and value are the qualities both share. We consume a good story with as m...

Brave new world, by Aldous Huxley (book analysis)

16 Dec 2020 6 minute read 1 comment Azure95

summary and reflections: The book begins with being in the egg hatchery, where all people are raised in containers, the staff can then easily manipulate the fetus to the class he or she should be in. The classes are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsi...

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28 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments ThinkingRed

Our brains can recognize and convert numbers to letters pretty quickly automatically for the same reason that we can decipher messy handwriting. When we read, we process words and letters in a few steps; firstly, when reading a longer phrase, certain...

The Weekly Summary - Learning Edition [Issue 31.2]

13 Nov 2020 1 minute read 16 comments tvlachak

Issue 31.2 / November 13, 2020 Learning Time blocking is an active approach to productivity. This is an idea that hatched on Cal Newport’s blog back in 2013 which eventually became the main focal point of his book Deep Work. Out of convenience and mo...

Fantasy book recommendations?

29 Oct 2020 2 minute read 3 comments Fingolfin

Source I am writing this post to hopefully get a little conversation going. I've written before about hoping to find some like minded literary fans here and it has definitely not gone exactly as I had hoped. I suppose the only way to make it ha...

The Weekly Summary - Learning Edition [Issue 29.0]

25 Oct 2020 1 minute read 14 comments tvlachak

Issue 29.0 / October 25, 2020 Learning According to Harold Bloom, reading provides companionship and prepares us for change. Farnam Street has summarized how to read various forms of literature based on Bloom's book How to Read and Why. This is what...

The Weekly Summary - Issue 28.0 - Learning Edition

18 Oct 2020 1 minute read 4 comments tvlachak

Issue 28.0 / October 18, 2020 Learning "You have everything that you need right here. I think that you are in charge of your attitude, which is the most important thing that you will ever have." - Bob Bowman, author of The Golden Rules. Read a transc...

The Weekly Summary - Issue 25.1 - Learning Edition

28 Sep 2020 1 minute read 14 comments tvlachak

Issue 25.1 / September 28, 2020 Learning "Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom!" - Takeda Shingen Gain an edge by thinking differently. A shortli...

The Weekly Summary - Issue 22.1 - Learning Edition

7 Sep 2020 1 minute read 10 comments tvlachak

Issue 22.1 / September 7, 2020 Learning "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." - Isaac Newton Neuroscience research says walking is really good for your brain. In the book In Praise of Walking, neuroscientist Shane O’M...

The Weekly Summary - Issue 19.1 - Learning Edition

16 Aug 2020 1 minute read 8 comments tvlachak

Issue 19.1 / August 16, 2020 Learning An active mind means ownership and accountability. You need to have a balanced diet for your body and mind. Decision making is underrated, pay attention because decisiveness is essential. Improve your reading exp...