619 books
—
244 voters
“As William James observed, we must reflect that, when we reach the end of our days, our life experience will equal what we have paid attention to, whether by choice or default. We are at risk, without quite fully realizing it, of living lives that are less our own than we imagine.”
― The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
― The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
―
―
“If you move enough, your muscles change and grow. So does your mind. The brain initiates movement. But it is, in its turn, remade by movement. New cells are born; new vessels sprout. The same process operates body-wide. No cell in your body is unaffected by motion. Your very DNA is changed.”
― The First 20 Minutes: The Surprising Science of How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter and Live Longer
― The First 20 Minutes: The Surprising Science of How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter and Live Longer
“Big Data processes codify the past. They do not invent the future. Doing that requires moral imagination, and that’s something only humans can provide. We have to explicitly embed better values into our algorithms, creating Big Data models that follow our ethical lead. Sometimes that will mean putting fairness ahead of profit.”
― Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
― Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
“As much as we might wish, none of us will be able to go through life without some kind of suffering. That’s why it’s crucial for us to learn to suffer well.”
― The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness
― The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness
iovation on goodreads
— 27 members
— last activity Feb 20, 2019 02:25PM
A goodreads group for iovation folk. Or people who were iovation folk. Or people that know iovation folk. Some easier way of finding iovation folk on ...more
John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by John
Lists liked by John








































