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humanodon  ·  3920 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: List yer favorite "Great Books" Hubski.

Uh-oh. Check out Kahneman's background-- as far as I've read, he's very well regarded in the field and has been for a long time.





kleinbl00  ·  3920 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Pretty sure he's the guy that taught Ariely. I downloaded it; in the goddamn preface I found two bits that Lehrer stole from him. Liking it already and I'm about an hour in.

humanodon  ·  3919 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I know you listen to a lot of audiobooks; did you get this one in audio too? I've never really done the audiobook so I wonder, do you find that it's as easy to retain the information as when you read? I'd imagine that it would take me some time to adjust.

kleinbl00  ·  3918 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Li'l secret - I retain information so well it's embarrassing. As in, has caused me chagrin at parties. People confuse it with intelligence. It's not.

Do I retain it as well as reading? Fair to say I do, but I had to think about it. I've read Rendezvous with Rama maybe three times; I've listened to it once. The experiences are comparable, except that reading I can do other shit at the same time (like set up 24TB worth of NAS).

I'm 1/6th through this book and I started yesterday. In the time it took me to ride my bike to AAA to pick up Aquarium tickets and drive into Hollywood and back, I've covered 4 hours of it. if I'd purchased it to read, I would have had to pick at it in the 10 minutes before I go to bed.

humanodon  ·  3918 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Li'l secret - I retain information so well it's embarrassing. As in, has caused me chagrin at parties. People confuse it with intelligence. It's not.

I think I experience this kind of retention, though I don't think it's to the same degree. I think I have some idea of what you mean.

    if I'd purchased it to read, I would have had to pick at it in the 10 minutes before I go to bed.

This is what I'm doing. I've had it for a couple of weeks and I'm only on chapter 29. I downloaded Audible one time to get a copy of Samuel L. Jackson reading Go the F*k to Sleep. I think I'll give a bigger book a try next time around.

kleinbl00  ·  3918 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, pick something better. They're worth it.