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ryanSrich on April 9, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?

Currently I'm trudging through GEB[1]. Last month I read:

- The Dip (super short read and has a few good points but overall I didn't really like it)[2]

- Going Clear (great book, terrible formatting, but a great book)[3]

- The Martian (short read, very entertaining and well researched)[4]

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach

2. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/the_dip/

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Clear

4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_%28Weir_novel%29

monksy on April 9, 2015 [–]

I know there are a lot of fans of "The Dip" but I got the feeling that it was just too preachy and didn't have a lot of concrete examples.

ryanSrich on April 9, 2015 | [–]

Yeah it's super handwavy. The entire book is essentially "just be the best at what you do!" so...yeah.

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