Nassim Nicholas TalebI Completely subscribe to this insightful topic on randomness… Immediately caught my attention when i read these linesSome excerpts : “we are more comfortable seeing the world as something structured, ordinary, and comprehensible. Taleb calls this blindness the Platonic fallacy” “The past is not predictive of the future” “My basic message is, don’t [...]
May 5, 2006
My reading appetite has come down.Had been a voracious reader for nearly 5-6 years now.Not able to articulate the reason behind this change. News articles, magazines, reading on the web,books off the library and shops, audiosand thousand other kinds of input. May be the disappointment that it has n’t resulted in anything substantial…is the reason.Let [...]
December 26, 2005
Bought this book y’day. Hackers and painters. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596006624/104-9449334-9251118?v=glance&n=283155 Have you ever thought there could be anything common between nerds andpainters ? Read him. This one hell of a genius.http://www.paulgraham.com Probably you could change the way you think about programming andcomputers in general.
November 18, 2005
I was after this book some time back. Why I was so desperate ? Reason 1. It’s by Scott Adams ( Creator of Dilbert ) Reason 2. it’s such a strange little piece of work and you’ll find it difficult to categorize as fiction or non-fiction, religion or science fiction or philosophy Download your own [...]
October 8, 2005
I took off from office y’day and read this book. Had infact bought this book long time back…but I don’t see that book in my personal collection anymore…. If you are a telecom engineer or just anybody and interested in radio electronics…this is the book.Very easy to understand… as easy reading as eating a banana. [...]
May 9, 2006
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