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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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