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Fahrenheit 451

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Can't believe I hadn't read this until now. It has the desperation, majesty, and hope of a Brahms symphony.

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a year ago

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Source Code: My Beginnings

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It’s a marvel of adulthood to realize that when you strip away all the years and all the learning, much of who you are was there from the start.

I loved the description of the teenager's excitement and infatuation with coding, its addictive nature well visualized with the slot-machine metaphor. The audiobook made me appreciate professional narrators (which Wheaton is not).


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a year ago

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Source Code: My Beginnings

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It’s a marvel of adulthood to realize that when you strip away all the years and all the learning, much of who you are was there from the start.

I loved the description of the teenager's excitement and infatuation with coding, its addictive nature well visualized with the slot-machine metaphor. The audiobook made me appreciate professional narrators (which Wheaton is not).


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a year ago

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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

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Some take stimulants to keep going, I read biographies of TR, Churchill, Hamilton, and the like. I might have found them obnoxious in real life, but boy they sure spur me into activity! Who else can I add to this list of stimulants?

I also liked Taft, who now seems underappreciated. Their tumultuous friendship reminded me of that between Adams and Jefferson. What are other examples of rollercoaster friendships between public figures?

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a year ago