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Re:Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020? by branweb on Monday December 16, 2019 @09:41AM (#21803288)
The only one on this list I disliked was the Wright book, mainly because it's not a scientific justification of Buddhism. It's really about how evolutionary psychology explains stuff like road-rage and dieting struggles and how insight meditation (Wright's brand of secularized Buddhism) helps us manage those emotions. Which is fine. Only he's not an evolutionary psychologist and almost all the evidence he puts forward for the effects of meditation is anecdotal. For me a pretty disappointing book.
Re:Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020? by kaypro on Monday December 16, 2019 @09:56AM (#21803402)
Really appreciate that feedback.. thank you!
Re:Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020? by branweb on Monday December 16, 2019 @10:46AM (#21803856)
Thanks for posting it! Definitely going to add a couple of those to my list.