My notes to you from my Kindle

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Although I loved paper-and-ink books all my life, I now love Kindle books more. One of the many advantages I get from reading on my Kindle (I've got a Kindle Oasis) is that, while I am reading, I can easily select and save salient sentences or paragraphs into a document on my computer. Later, if needed, I easily and quickly give myself a refresher course of what I thought important in reading the book.

 

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Sharing these clippings with you

 

Also, I can share these clippings with you. Yes, you could read the entire book like I did. And you might decide to after perusing the parts that I thought especially juicy or valuable.

 

This link will be updated with new book notes from time to time. 

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You also might want to check out my book recommendations on Amazon. And the book titles further down on the page in Acknowledgements.

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My eclectic life (and mind)

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When I was fourteen years old, I decided to put together my "philosophy of life" eclectically. I would explore many different thoughts, belief systems, perspectives, and life arguments somewhat regardless of whether I thought they might align strongly with what I already believed. Thinking for myself, as my mother had taught me to do from age five (or earlier), I would adopt (at least provisionally) new ideas and approaches as they seemed to fit and make sense and let go of the rest. I would also question in what circumstances the ideas may apply and may not apply.

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A few of the continual flow of books that have and are making me, in reverse chronological order of my reading:

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Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure

—Tim Harford

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Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from their Mistakes—But Some Do

—Matthew Syed

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I Never Thought of It that Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

—Monica Guzman

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Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts

—Deepak Malhotra

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How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older

—Dr. Michael Greger

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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform the World

—David Deutsch

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Same as Ever: a Guide to What Never Changes

—Morgan Housel

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Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, Restored Wildlands, and Geoengineering Are Necessary

—Stewart Brand

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Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power

—Carolyn Elliott, PhD

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Decisions about Decisions: Practical Reason in Ordinary Life

—Cass R. Sunstein

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Selfless: The Social Creation of “You”

—Brian Lowery, PhD

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Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization

—K Eric Drexler

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The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

—Michael Easter

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Whole Earth: the Many Lives of Stewart Brand

—John Markoff

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Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully

—Kelly Starrett and Juliet Starrett

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Against Empathy: the case for rational compassion

—Paul Bloom

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The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning

—Paul Bloom

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Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey

—A.J. Jacobs

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The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life

—A.J. Jacobs

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How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion

—Derek Sivers

 

Magic Words: What to Say to Get Your Way

—Jonah Burger

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Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters

—Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn

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Elbow Room: the Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting

—Daniel Dennett

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The 100: a Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History

—Michael H. Hart

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Hiroo Onoda: our teacher? (No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War)

—Hiroo Onoda

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Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired

—Till Roennberg

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Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent you Want to Be

—Dr. Becky Kennedy

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Quit: the Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

—Annie Duke

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How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices

—Annie Duke

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The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

—Will Buckingham

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Sum: Forty tales from the Afterlives

—David Eagleman

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Whole Body Vibration: the Future of Good Health

—Becky Chambers

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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

—David Eagleman

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Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People's Minds

—Howard Gardner

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The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life

—Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander

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Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World

—Adam Grant

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Principles: Life and Work

—Ray Dalio

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Resurrecting Jesus: Embodying the Spirit of a Revolutionary Mystic

—Adyashanti

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The End of Heart Disease: The Live to Eat Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

—Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

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The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind

—Jonah Berger

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Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love

—Tony Robbins

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The Science and Technology of Growing Young

—Sergey Young

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The Leader's Checklist: 16 Mission-Critical Principles

—Michael Useem

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Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation

—Dr. Bejamin Hardy

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The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

—Erik Brynjolfsson 

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The Devil's Dictionary

—Ambrose Bierce

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The Power of Regret: How Looking Back Moves Us Forward

—by Daniel Pink

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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scare, Why It Matters

—by Steven Pinker

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The Hidden Habits of Genius:  Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit—Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness

—Craig Wright

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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

—by Jonathan Haidt

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How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine...for Now

—by Stanislas Dehaene

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Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

—by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

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Making Numbers Count: the Art and Science of Communicating Numbers

—Chip Heath and Karla Starr (I read this in January of 2022)

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Noise: a Flaw in Human Judgment

—Daniel Kahneman (I read this in December, 2021)

 

A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work

—Juliet Funt (I read this in November of 2021)

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The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

—Annie Murphy Paul (I read this in October of 2021)

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Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

—Annie Duke (I read this in September of 2021)

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change

—Steven C. Hayes, Kirk D. Strosahl, and Kelly G. Wilson (I read this in September of 2021)

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Maxims for Thinking Analytically: The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser

—Dan Levy (I read this in August of 2021)

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"The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't"

—Julia Galef (I read this in August of 2021)

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Curious?: Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life

—Todd B. Kashdan (I read this in October of 2020)

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most 

—Douglas Stone (I read this in April of 2020)

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How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss

—Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM (I read this in February of 2020)

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The One-Minute Workout: Science Shows a Way to Get Fit That's Smarter, Faster, Shorter

—Martin Gibala and Christopher Shulgan (I read this in June of 2018)

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The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: 10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed on Your Own Terms

—Vishen Lakhiani (I read this in December of 2017)