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A Brief Book List
Like many of you here, I read voraciously. My reading often includes both tech-related and non-tech-related subjects. I think reading in general, and specifically some of the things that I've read have contributed greatly to my success.
I often respond to posts here with books that I recommend. The intent of this post is to provide a list of 10 books that I felt had a significant impact on my life in some way, and that I find myself returning to frequently over the years.
The list is:
That's my list...just thought I would share. These books have certainly helped me, and I hope they help you.
MS
I often respond to posts here with books that I recommend. The intent of this post is to provide a list of 10 books that I felt had a significant impact on my life in some way, and that I find myself returning to frequently over the years.
The list is:
That's my list...just thought I would share. These books have certainly helped me, and I hope they help you.
MS
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OptionsRobertKaucher Member Posts: 4,299 ■■■■■■■■■■I just want to put my 2 cents in about the Golden Bough. It forces religions and mythology into a Classical frame where nearly every male deity associated with light is a sun god, etc. It's more useful as a history of European ideas about mythology and religion than as actual anthropology.
The nonsense it gave rise to like Murray and Graves (again from the perspective of anthropology, not art) still travel like Internet chain mail and urban legends.
I'd love to have time to read the books by Kurzweil, though.... -
OptionseMeS Member Posts: 1,875 ■■■■■■■■■□RobertKaucher wrote: »I just want to put my 2 cents in about the Golden Bough. It forces religions and mythology into a Classical frame where nearly every male deity associated with light is a sun god, etc. It's more useful as a history of European ideas about mythology and religion than as actual anthropology.
The nonsense it gave rise to like Murray and Graves (again from the perspective of anthropology, not art) still travel like Internet chain mail and urban legends.
Completely agree. In fact I think Fraser was mostly an "armchair anthropologist". The premise that it once proposed is now mostly irrelevant. I find it often as useful to read material from another time that was once considered "right" and compare that to how far we've come. That and GB simply can be thought of a nice collection of interesting information.RobertKaucher wrote: »I'd love to have time to read the books by Kurzweil, though....
The Kurzweil stuff is awesome. I'd say every book that I've listed is the type of book that I can't put down once I've started reading. Overworld being the most extreme example of such.
MS