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If you read [a lot], consider joining goodreads. I've found it enlightening/useful to see what other people are reading and have found out about a good number of books that way.
The other way is "customers who bought this also bought that" on amazon.


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Yes, thanks for pointing me to this site Jacob. I like it a lot. It appeals to the bloke fixation for making lists.


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Post by edenj »

I've been on Goodreads for a while now. I consider the 'social-network' part of the site to actually be useful for finding good books. My username is 'edenj' if anyone wants to 'friend' me.


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jacob wrote:
Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:43 pm
If you read [a lot], consider joining goodreads. I've found it enlightening/useful to see what other people are reading and have found out about a good number of books that way.
The other way is "customers who bought this also bought that" on amazon.
Jacob, what have happened to your profile after 2012 on goodsread?
(this is the problem of being internet celebrity :lol: )
Have ready everything? :mrgreen:
Where have your mind changed? I was able to dig up about your stance on education.

Anyway, let it make share topic for logins/group or one more time recommendations on ERE bibliography.

So I guess that these list is still a thing? Are there any better books? I want to tackle world-class black belt in frugality in 10 years (no need to hurry) :mrgreen:
They should available as used on amazon.co.uk/de in price range of 10 euro. They should be also the keepers.

(40 PLN is much money in my country :lol: :
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/c ... try=Poland )
(I can not borrow them - no libraries, I will be in West Europe in next 3-6 months, then I will have acces to English speaking literature in such narrow fields)

1. The Complete Tightwad Gazette
2. The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide: The Smartest Money Moves to Prepare for Any Crisis
3. Survival+: Structuring Prosperity for Yourself and the Nation
4. Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bonanza
5. Good Boatkeeping: 2,700 Ways to Improve Life Afloat

Has I covered ERE triangle? (I know we have different tastes, but driving principles are the same)
(I mean first batch) (I think that in sense of achieving high skills in following equation: standard of living= skills x money

(https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4 ... r_page=100)
(I want to to-do books, not textbooks)


On the side:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241 ... _Deception
I know that stances tend to be more developed as for and against but...
Are you really concerned about GMO?
Have you done research in it as in astrophysics and climate change (I mean from first principle)?
Or is it more nature=better/more sustainable crops?
From layman-layman perspective I must say that Jeffrey Smith was haaardcore bashed in my country as wacko by mainstream estabilshment (before some introdcution/debate of GMO). I mean in that sense that normally these magazines are well respected, have big cirulation rate and are for middle class economically and culturally in that sesne you will see ads of car markers and West Europe corporations... (which both leeched on my country 60 years ago and still do... :lol: )

It won't help you, but I speak about:
http://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka ... smith.read
http://wyborcza.pl/1,75400,10164045,Eks ... rects=true
http://www.kbiotech.pan.pl/PL/uwagi-i-o ... rorocy-gmo (Polish Comitee for Biotechnology)

Who is shilling who? :o

Very often people tend to be crazy like 9/11 was an inside job, waxxers, global denialists (all in one category).
Or people believe that ,,the science (funded by megacorps) will save us" (these fols

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Recently started using Goodreads and found it quite useful for developing a running backlog of interesting stuff to read. It also inspired me to finish a few books I'd been in the middle of for a while (including what I think was the 3rd circle since publication with the ERE book). I occasionally take book recommendations from friends and acquaintances anyway and have appreciated most of them, so why not be a little more systematic about it. I also like how it makes it easy to find different editions (including translations) of books, and combines their ratings and reviews.
It seems I get at least some use out of social media sites that have been developed for a specific use or realm (Goodreads, Endomondo, Linkedin) and less so from the all purpose "look at me" sites (Facebook, Twitter).

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