Do you read? - Hackdot

Re:Do you read? by hardik on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @08:09AM (#353372)

I love reading; to the point that I avoid buying books when I am in middle of any important projects, just get too obsessive about it. In fact I remm as a teenager I used to have "reading marathons", would finish entire book in one go sitting on my window for 12-15 hours. I used to be a fiction guy and only recently have started to heavily dabble into non-fic also.

At the moment I am reading The Black Swan by Nasim Nicholas Taleb. In the fiction category I last read Haruka Murakami's (hope I spelled it right) After Dark.

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Re:Do you read? by matthavener on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @10:17AM (#353497)

Is the black swan worth reading? The first couple pages were fairly interesting in b&n

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Re:Do you read? by hardik on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @10:28AM (#353505)

I have completed 2/3rd of the book and so far have found the content quite interesting. It does give a new perspective to think about. Though not a big fan of NNT's smart-alec style of writing; but then again, it is his book. :)

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Re:Do you read? by toby on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @12:14PM (#353612)

Absolutely. Some people have trouble with the style, I found it amusing. If you're willing to accept its message, it's definitely a book that can change your approach to life.

Also, anything by Murakami is worth reading.

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Re:Do you read? by DanielBMarkham on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @12:25PM (#353624)

So I bailed out of Swan. I got about 150-200 pages in and it seemed like he was saying the same thing over and over again, as if it got more profound with re-telling.

I must have missed something. To me the premise seems like something you could communicate and grasp in like 5 minutes or so.

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Re:Do you read? by wheels on Wednesday November 05, 2008 @02:07AM (#354312)

I find Black Swan and its ilk perfect audio-book material. Not important or complicated enough that I care if I miss some details in one pass, but with enough ideas in them to merit passive attention while doing something else requiring my eyesight.

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Re:Do you read? by jwesley on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @02:38PM (#353763)

Black Swan is definitely worth reading. It is somewhat repetitive and you may find it dull if you don't have a taste for philosophy, but I think it's an extremely important book -- its an overview of the cutting edge of human thinking and illustrates the mistakes of past thinkers that continue to trouble us.

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