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Book hobby thread Anonymous 08/30/23 (Wed) 22:40:53 No.2062

Post interesting books - fiction or nonfiction. Explain what makes them worth reading.

Anonymous 08/30/23 (Wed) 23:09:53 No.2063

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These four books all have loosely the same topic. How and why we are influenced by others. There are ofc more books but these provide a solid foundation.

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=69DD11F61981AA87F53579D52B564E2F
>The first book that made the concept of nudging popular. Must read if you don't know what nudging means.

Big Datas Threat to Liberty Surveillance Nudging and the Curation of Information by Sætra, Henrik Skaug
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3E5E21304AE7D56D494220BDBC967259
>Book from this that describes how big data robs us of freedom and privacy and how information is curated to nudge us.

The Power of Persuasion: How We're Bought and sold by Robert V. Levine
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=244540E1EBF1CEE4D146D2ADD664C718
>Popular book that explains different methods and techniques used to persuade people.

Resistance and Persuasion by Eric S. Knowles, Jay A. Linn
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=DB63BA33799592116AE5B2903D89DD5A
>More scientific (sociology) approach to the topic than 'the power of persuasion'. How does resistance work and how to overcome resistance.

Anonymous 08/30/23 (Wed) 23:25:05 No.2064

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Inside the Aquarium by Viktor Suvorov
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=375FED7CC673090D3257DB257A24F4F6
>Very interesting book by a former GRU agent who defected to the UK. explains why people in russia have nothing but praise for putin when they talk to the media. the training part seems a bit exaggerated but then again russia is know for it's old school approach to espionage.

Anonymous 09/05/23 (Tue) 16:25:59 No.2105

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Annals of Gullibility: Why We Get Duped and How to Avoid It by Stephen Greenspan
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3B2BC62985B9CB8C77B232B65E13E5D1
>The first book to provide a comprehensive look at the problem of gullibility, this groundbreaking work covers how and why we are fooled in areas that range from religion, politics, science, and medicine, to personal finance and relationships. First laying the groundwork by showing gullibility at play in the writings of historic authors we all know, developmental psychologist Stephen Greenspan follows with chapters that describe social duping across the gamut of human conduct. From people who pour bucks into investment scams, to those who follow the faith of scientologists, believe in fortunetellers, or champion unfounded medicine akin to snake oil, we all know someone who has been duped. A lot of us have been duped ourselves, out of naive trust. It's not a matter of low intelligence that moves us to, without evidence, believe the words of politicians, salesmen, academics, lawyers, military figures, or cult leaders, among others. Greenspan shows us the four broad reasons we become drawn into gullible behavior, and he presents ways people can become less gullible.Greenspan takes us into the vast realm of gullibility from the fictional Pied Piper to the historical Trojan Horse, then through modern-day military maneuvers, political untruths, police and criminal justice scams, and financial and love lies. While there have been earlier books focused on liars and manipulators of all sorts, this is the first to focus on the gullible who are their victims, and how the gullible can become less likely to be taken again.

Anonymous 09/05/23 (Tue) 17:02:07 No.2106

>>2105
huge anal fan

Anonymous 12/02/23 (Sat) 16:49:53 No.2154

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is this a good book? its expensive

Anonymous 12/02/23 (Sat) 23:37:26 No.2155

>>2154
https://libgen.is/search.php?req=THINKING+FAST&open=0&res=25&view=simple&phrase=1&column=def

Anonymous 01/04/24 (Thu) 21:09:55 No.2184

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Anonymous 01/05/24 (Fri) 08:43:00 No.2185

>>2184
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Anonymous 01/06/24 (Sat) 05:02:58 No.2187

>>2185
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Anonymous 01/18/24 (Thu) 16:26:38 No.2202

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>>2184
wow fren this is really really good and ufnny funny thanks for posting :)

Anonymous 03/10/24 (Sun) 20:36:41 No.2254

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Neil Postman - Amusing Ourselves To Death
A prescient view of how technology and entertainment affect the people and society in a negative way.

Anonymous 04/20/24 (Sat) 20:39:12 No.2325

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i got this first ed. book by Jefferson Davis thats lookin pretty cool. just got through the first chapter it was basically clearing up potential misunderstandings concerning how much states initially gave a shit about the nigs, where they sovernty origin was and stood, and emphasizing that slavry expansion strictly didnt mean more nigrs in number but instead that nigrs as property could expand into new territories n states and basically the missouri compromise was the first cucking of new states sovern power. sum citations here and there which is cool i lik citation n stuff.
heres sum pics of pics n pics of words sorry if sideways i just batch stripped all pics of metadata and that fucks up vert oriented pics and only fixed the two text pics

Anonymous 04/21/24 (Sun) 03:31:05 No.2326

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>>2325
heres a letter homeboy wrote to sum indianafag for bein a real homie

Anonymous 04/21/24 (Sun) 23:50:11 No.2327

>>2325
>>2326
whered you find that? i can buy it off amazog but im worried that it'll be tainted by revisionism instead of being the unfiltered version of his writing

Anonymous 04/24/24 (Wed) 00:07:02 No.2331

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description of the four parties in the presidential election of 1860
>"Republican"
i appreciate how salty President Davis can be at times.

>>2327
abe books
unfortunate name lol. i spent about four hunnerd on the set, two volumes. there were cheaper options but really its not gonna be terribly cheap getting a 1st ed of a book nearing 150 years of age.

Anonymous 04/24/24 (Wed) 11:53:35 No.2333

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Used to have a copy of pic related, trying to track down the guy I loaned it to because of its increase in value. Bought it for 50 bux in 2010 or something like that

Anonymous 04/25/24 (Thu) 01:47:52 No.2334

>>2331
thanks for posting this, didn't know davis even wrote any books tbh
be sure to post ur fave highlights