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I have started skipping the conversations in this book. I don’t believe they are real.

I feel like I’m reading straight bs when it comes to the authors conversations.

Cool chapter. There’s a lot to be said about being okay with not knowing something.

Author loves to portray the people she writes about in really vulnerable imaginary situations. When she writes about things that aren’t made up, she does a great job. Otherwise, her writing style bothers me.

Yo wtf, this is a book about experiments, not about making up bs details about the experiment’s participant’s lives. “Semen-sticky hands”…. dawg.

Lot of weird hypotheticals about the scientists she’s writing about. Reminds me of a stalker.

Holy shit, the Declaration of Independence was straight fire. Goddamn.

Buncha amendments with first ten being the bill of rights.
Standouts include:
- bear arms
- free speech
- voting in regard to race and gender
- prohibition and it’s repeal (18th & 21st)
- 2 terms max for president
Probs more I forgot already

Article 7:
- Ratification of constitution carries over to new states as well as the nine that it started (not really sure)

Article 6:
- Laws are king

Article 5:
- Proposition of new amendments

Article 4:
- State jurisdiction
- Creation of new states
- Republican government to states and protection

Article 3:
Judicial power, cases in regard to the constitution, and treason.

Article 2:
- Presidential election process
- Power and responsibility of president
- Presidential State of the Union
- Impeachment

Article 1:
- Legislative power and requirements of people who make it
- Requirements of making a bill into a law
- Powers of congress
- Power of states
- migration and Habeas Corpus

Taxation without representation is tyranny. Bunch of people arguing over what should make up the constitution. Bill of rights wasn’t originally in the constitution but it was added as the ten amendments.

Most chapters are a phenomenal reminder of the importance of humility, accepting human behavior (including your own), and common financial misconceptions.
Thoroughly enjoying.

So far I’m enjoying it more than I thought I would. Introduces new perspectives to finances and great mindsets to burn into the back of my head. Def worth the read. It doesn’t get too heavy in analogies that it pisses me off. I had to skim a few paragraphs but overall does a great job at conveying concepts with stories.

Really amazing. Relatable and informative of a life never lived.

I thought I put this down for good but came back for more. Shed a tear. Really love the interactions. The MC is still a little funny but he’s self-aware enough to justify his pretentiousness.

Reads like a hallmark movie. MC acts like a pretentious millionaire, which I think he is. I’ll probably keep reading out of interest in the characters and interactions, but I don’t like the main character and the seemingly impossibility of his perfect personality.

Asked myself multiple times today why the author felt the need to write this book and the words I was reading. I read non-fiction normally but walked into Barnes and noble with the hopes of finding a fiction book I’d enjoy. Unfortunately I picked up a book I wasn’t interested in. Rushed decision. Not a bad decision. Just one I’m not happy about.