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Robosvaldo

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Siddhartha
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947
Gestão da Emoção
How to Win Friends and Influence People
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha

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Which books made you think deeply about freedom, truth, and society?

Books have the power to challenge our perspectives, reveal hidden truths, and inspire us to think critically about the world around us. Stories—both real and imagined—can illustrate the importance ...

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What books have changed you as a person?

For better or for worse, what books have you read that influenced your character and/or how you view everyone else's character (or even the world and universe surrounding us)?

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Non-fiction books that expanded your understanding of the world

Any non-fiction books that taught you something that made you understand the world better


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What book are you still thinking about?

What’s a book that left a lasting impression on you - one you found yourself thinking about long after you finished reading?


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What books did you learn most from?

Whether it's a course textbook or a fictional romance, we remember books that impact us deeply. Which books do you remember being forever changed by due to learning something new – either about you...

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Robosvaldo's Most Popular Reviews

Like the previous one, this is a good read. I got the impression that this one had more informative content, and much of what I read would require further study to understand it more fully. Still, it’s a good starting point for learning more about this historical period of the Age of Discovery.

A great book, written in an informal, easy-to-understand style (it can be read in no time) yet highly informative, with a narrative that keeps the reader engaged. It also includes excellent recommendations for other, more in-depth historical works.

Excellent book. Very good and informative notes on Buddhist concepts. I would definitely read it again.

Existe um antigo provérbio chinês que diz que o verdadeiro prazer é aquele que traz dor no começo e prazer no final, ou seja, o que você sofre para o alcançar. Embora o livro nação dopamina não trate desse provérbio de forma direta, ele o aprofunda em diversas abordagens de muitas formas diferentes. Ele traz o conhecimento de que pode se perseguir o sofrimento, algo de que nós geralmente fugimos e evitamos na atualidade, e assim fortalecer as calosidades da nossa mente, nos tornando mais fortes e resilientes o que no fim pode ser uma forma de prazer muito mais duradoura e profunda. Um exemplo interessante que notei foi o de escaladores, que embora tivessem medo de altura antes de começar e o ato de escalar em si seja repleto de riscos, superaram esse medo a cada nova escalada e tornaram esse ato de extremo risco em um prazer para eles mesmos. No livro nação dopamina diz que chega um ponto em que o mundo nos sufoca e buscamos um respiro dele, utilizando de estímulos ao nosso redor que vão se intensificando até nos darmos conta de que esses estímulos se tornaram novos problemas. Mas o que nos levou a eles em primeiro lugar ? E se, em vez de tentar escapar do mundo para esquecer, corrermos em direção a ele? Essa é a questão, ao invés de tentarmos fugir de seja lá o que for, precisamos encarar isso. Como acha que os escaladores se tornaram escaladores mesmo a despeito do seu medo de altura ? Foram lá e subiram e com o tempo as calosidades da mente se tornaram imunes ao medo e o ato de escalar se torna um prazer, e assim é com tudo.

In these last three books, I did a sort of cursory reading—I didn’t dwell on the details—and I got the impression that they were rather superficial in nature, but they were an intriguing invitation to delve deeper into the historical narrative, not only through what the author presents in the book, but also through the works he himself studied in order to write it. In addition, the book offers an engaging historical narrative, though it is non-linear in some parts, which can be a bit confusing, but it’s still great for anyone who’s already curious about the subject.