2. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Here's a list of 50 books...
every one of them is a page-turner.
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2. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
4. Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog
6. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger
7. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
9. Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden
11. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein
13. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
14. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
16. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
17. Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
19. Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis
20. Ho Chi Minh: A Life by William Duiker
21. Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
23. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
24. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
26. The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
27. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
28. The Climb Up to Hell by Jack Olsen
30. Fool’s Gold: The Inside Story of J.P. Morgan and How Wall St. Greed Corrupted Its Bold Dream and Created a Financial Catastrophe by Gillian Tett
32. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War by Michael Shaara
33. Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna by Lionel Terray
34. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
36. The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery by Bernard Law Montgomery
37. 1776 by David McCullough
38. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
40. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
41. A Bridge too Far: The Classic History of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Cornelius Ryan
43. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man’s First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson
44. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
45. The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr. Edith Eger
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Please add your own.
2/ The Magic Question: "What would need to be true for you
3/ On evaluating where someone’s head is at regarding a topic they are being wishy-washy about or delaying.
“Gun to the head—what would you decide now?”
“Fast forward 6 months after your sabbatical--how would you decide: what criteria is most important to you?”
4/ Other Q’s re: decisions:
“Putting aside a list of pros/cons, what’s the *one* reason you’re doing this?” “Why is that the most important reason?”
“What’s end-game here?”
“What does success look like in a world where you pick that path?”
5/ When listening, after empathizing, and wanting to help them make their own decisions without imposing your world view:
“What would the best version of yourself do”?
Please add your own.
2/ The Magic Question: "What would need to be true for you
1/\u201cWhat would need to be true for you to\u2026.X\u201d
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) December 4, 2018
Why is this the most powerful question you can ask when attempting to reach an agreement with another human being or organization?
A thread, co-written by @deanmbrody: https://t.co/Yo6jHbSit9
3/ On evaluating where someone’s head is at regarding a topic they are being wishy-washy about or delaying.
“Gun to the head—what would you decide now?”
“Fast forward 6 months after your sabbatical--how would you decide: what criteria is most important to you?”
4/ Other Q’s re: decisions:
“Putting aside a list of pros/cons, what’s the *one* reason you’re doing this?” “Why is that the most important reason?”
“What’s end-game here?”
“What does success look like in a world where you pick that path?”
5/ When listening, after empathizing, and wanting to help them make their own decisions without imposing your world view:
“What would the best version of yourself do”?
I just finished Eric Adler's The Battle of the Classics, and wanted to say something about Joel Christiansen's review linked below. I am not sure what motivates the review (I speculate a bit below), but it gives a very misleading impression of the book. 1/x
The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x
Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x
The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x
It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x
As someone\u2019s who\u2019s read the book, this review strikes me as tremendously unfair. It mostly faults Adler for not writing the book the reviewer wishes he had! https://t.co/pqpt5Ziivj
— Teresa M. Bejan (@tmbejan) January 12, 2021
The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x
Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x
The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x
It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x