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“A decade ago I made a goal to read more history and fewer forecasts. It was one of the most enlightening changes of my life. And the irony is that the more history I read, the more comfortable I became with the future. When you focus on what never changes, you stop trying to predict uncertain events and spend more time understanding timeless behavior. Hopefully this book nudged you down that path.”
― Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
― Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
“Man’s relationship with technology is complex. We always invent technology, but then technology comes back and reinvents us”
― Where Will Man Take Us?: The bold story of the man technology is creating
― Where Will Man Take Us?: The bold story of the man technology is creating
“This book carries the urgency of racing against time, of having important things to say. Paul confronted death—examined it, wrestled with it, accepted it—as a physician and a patient. He wanted to help people understand death and face their mortality.”
― When Breath Becomes Air
― When Breath Becomes Air
“It is tempting to write the history of technology through products: the wheel; the microscope; the airplane; the Internet. But it is more illuminating to write the history of technology through transitions: linear motion to circular motion; visual space to subvisual space; motion on land to motion on air; physical connectivity to virtual connectivity.”
― The Gene: An Intimate History
― The Gene: An Intimate History
“One of history’s fews iron laws is that luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations. Once people get used to a certain luxury, they take it for granted. Then they begin to count on it. Finally they reach a point where they can’t live without it. Over the few decades, we have invented countless time saving machines that are supposed to make like more relaxed - washing machines, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, telephones, mobile phones, computers, email. We thought we were saving time; instead we revved up the treadmill of life to ten times its former speed and made our days more anxious and agitated.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Akash’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Akash’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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