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The Rudest Book Ever by Shwetabh Gangwar

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1.0

Kind of a letdown if you used to watch his amazing content YouTube

It's nice that the book is a compact light read but there is nothing new under the sun here. The books is written in a way that sounds more like internal monologuing. It would work better as an audiobook. It's difficult to speed read because it's written in a spoken format , akin to a tweet rather than regular basic grammatical literature that we have been accustomed to consume. Random words being bolded for no particular reason , not even contextual emphasis , is super distracting and even after perusing the book, none of the content really sticks with you or makes any sort of impact. It could have been written in a much better format to reach a vast audience in a more effective way but the gimmick of being called the rudest book ever might just give you the misconception that it is going to awaken you from your comfort zone in a rude tough love sort of way. Rather is is just the incessant use of then work fuck as an adverb, adjective and other pos tags that makes you inadvertently filter it in your mind as inconsequential drivel and distracts you from some decent points. It did the exact opposite of an impact or create a lasting impression for the authors words to stay with you. Maybe I'm not the right audience but I can't imagine anyone quoting anything from this to themselves when they recognize a situation where it might help them. Some of the points should have just been points instead of paragraph. If you are expecting any nuggets of wisdom that you might take away from this book like something off a book from the self help section, then this is even more disappointing because his videos are that much effective and helpful.
How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer

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4.0

Some of the most important take aways from this book are that people who are rational have found a way to regulate their emotions. They are not absent. That was a misconception I lived with for a while but both parts of yourself are necessary in making decisions. If you let your emotions cloud you, they will look for patterns and lead you towards illogical short term gains without regard for long term price to pay. For easy and quick decisions, be more rational and think it through logically. For difficult ones, assimilate all information, then revisit it later but use your instincts and gut feeling this time. That's how you balance it. With respect to the morality of our mind, one death is a tragedy but a million is a statistic, as said by Stalin. Makes a lot of sense. This was a good read.
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

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5.0

Extremely wonderful concept

Imagination that makes sense. Much like how the 3body game was hiding a sense of deep reality through a simplistic design, the concepts and content of this book, albeit imaginary, can hold true in some deeper sense. This is a book for those who can enjoy science and imagination together with an open mind. Perhaps this book is the embodiment of the phrase , " Reality is stranger than fiction" in its own world. It's a portal to another dimension. I definitely recommend trying it. The character names in Chinese might throw people off a bit in understanding what is going on or who the characters are but stick through it.