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Four short stories and two poems featuring one of the author's great loves: dinosaurs.
Read this when I was 13 and it really captured my imagination in so many ways.
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Really great ideas in this book. Good enough to make up for the kind of meh ending.
We are not alone.
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This book made me realize I was letting my ego get in the way of winning: both in ranked games and in my career.
For work, I used to feel like "playing the game" or "playing politics" was for poor performers to cover up their weaknesses. Thankfully over time I swallowed my pride and decided if I was going to play, I was going to play to win at any cost.
Once I adopted this mindset, it was easier to do the "lame" things that were clearly just signalling mechanisms. Better clothes and grooming, a public blog, writing books, leadership in meetups, lots of open source work, conference speaking, reading all the right books, saying the right things, etc. Over time, instead of just doing these for "winning" I grew into someone an order of magnitude better than before I started. Sort of a catch 22.
At some point it's …
This book made me realize I was letting my ego get in the way of winning: both in ranked games and in my career.
For work, I used to feel like "playing the game" or "playing politics" was for poor performers to cover up their weaknesses. Thankfully over time I swallowed my pride and decided if I was going to play, I was going to play to win at any cost.
Once I adopted this mindset, it was easier to do the "lame" things that were clearly just signalling mechanisms. Better clothes and grooming, a public blog, writing books, leadership in meetups, lots of open source work, conference speaking, reading all the right books, saying the right things, etc. Over time, instead of just doing these for "winning" I grew into someone an order of magnitude better than before I started. Sort of a catch 22.
At some point it's not just signalling anymore. I'm extremely glad I swallowed my pride when I did, and really wish I'd done it sooner.
This book really kicked me in the pants, and I'm significantly more successful because of it. David, if you're reading this, thanks a lot man.
EDIT: I, uh, didn't really apply this much effort to ranked games, so I'm still a scrub at MOBAs. If anything, it made me realize I didn't really want to win at MOBAs, I wanted to win at life.
EDIT: upgrading this book from three stars to five because six months later I can't stop thinking about it. It's like a virus that just keeps growing in my mind. I often think back to different scenes. Don is both a genius and an epic troll.
Original review:
I read this without any prior context, and let's just say I was very confused. Still am. It's like a book written by AI. The dialogue was almost nonsensical. But it has so many interesting descriptions about made up science. I don't know if I hate this book or if I love it.
Semen is referenced altogether too many times for one novel. It's like every other page towards the end. That's a lot of semen.
This book is like attending university in Alice's wonderland. Everyone is just absolutely mad as a hatter. They talk past each other and repeat phrases incessantly. …
EDIT: upgrading this book from three stars to five because six months later I can't stop thinking about it. It's like a virus that just keeps growing in my mind. I often think back to different scenes. Don is both a genius and an epic troll.
Original review:
I read this without any prior context, and let's just say I was very confused. Still am. It's like a book written by AI. The dialogue was almost nonsensical. But it has so many interesting descriptions about made up science. I don't know if I hate this book or if I love it.
Semen is referenced altogether too many times for one novel. It's like every other page towards the end. That's a lot of semen.
This book is like attending university in Alice's wonderland. Everyone is just absolutely mad as a hatter. They talk past each other and repeat phrases incessantly.
Near the end of this huge book there is a description of writers who don't want anyone to read their work so they make it incomprehensible, and I felt like the recipient of an epic troll.
