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Jesse is 22% done with Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today
Lots of studies and thought experiments on how we view our future self.
Jan 17, 2025 05:10PM Add a comment
Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today

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Jesse is 22% done with Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Corruption in medical services in Miami and the concept of an overstory.
Jan 17, 2025 05:07PM Add a comment
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

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Jesse is 30% done with The MANIAC
Finished part 1. This book is bleak, but hard to put down.
Jan 17, 2025 04:47PM Add a comment
The MANIAC

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Jesse is 8% done with Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
The first chapter opens with the Los Angeles bank robbery epidemic of the 80's. Interested in hearing about Gladwell's concept of an 'overstory.'
Dec 30, 2024 04:11AM Add a comment
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

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Jesse is 6% done with The MANIAC
A bleak and turbulent look at the state of particle physics and quantum mechanics in the 1930's to start with.
Dec 30, 2024 04:07AM Add a comment
The MANIAC

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Jesse is on page 65 of 127 of The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book: 40 Fast, Easy, and Fun Tabletop Games (Ultimate Role Playing Game Series)
Played the radio station role playing game with my family. Was a lot of fun. Recommend the game for those new to role playing games.
Dec 30, 2024 04:02AM Add a comment
The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book: 40 Fast, Easy, and Fun Tabletop Games (Ultimate Role Playing Game Series)

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Jesse is 57% done with Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
Chapter 12 is an introductory dip into the free will vs. determinism debate
Dec 21, 2024 10:22PM Add a comment
Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

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Jesse is 51% done with Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
On chapter 12 which is about free will
Dec 13, 2024 03:50AM Add a comment
Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

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Jesse is 46% done with Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
The ancient Egyptians had ten day weeks.
Dec 12, 2024 07:51PM Add a comment
Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

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Jesse is 10% done with Changing How We Choose: The New Science of Morality
I had heard of the prisoner's dilemma, but never of the assurance game before.
Dec 12, 2024 07:49PM Add a comment
Changing How We Choose: The New Science of Morality

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Jesse is on page 43 of 290 of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
The quick history of cybernetics in chapter one is fascinating.
Aug 04, 2024 06:14AM Add a comment
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

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Jesse is 4% done with Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
You only need 3% to create a social movement. The rest is insurance
Feb 11, 2024 09:32AM Add a comment
Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

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