Books
Reading:
Structures, by J.E. Gordon
Bought:
One of my recent fascinations is with Charlie Munger’s idea of developing a matrix of Mental Models. One aspect of doing so is learning the basics from a number of fields. At the moment, that means four things for me:
- Buying textbooks
- Buying those crappy-looking, I’ll buy this for Jim for Christmas because I’ve no idea what else to get him but I heard he likes science books. They might be badly-designed and childish. That doesn’t mean they’re not a cheap source of fundamental knowledge
- Putting my ego aside and accepting that I can learn from them
- Actually reading them instead of stockpiling them
My recent purchases fit into #2:
Online
- The BBC’s got a nice, clear guide into theories of where our moon came from
- Scientific Concepts We Should Know
- The Beastie Boys made a country album?
- 9-minutes on batteries
- 50 Books That Will Help You Shape Reality
Advertisements
