Thread: What are you reading?

Originally Posted by slim

I think I'm ready to read Parasite. I'll let you know what I think.

Don't give all of your attention to a brilliant film on my account!

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

I dropped acid one time because a friend of mine kept after me. He was bit younger and had just returned from Iraq, had severe PTSD issues. Said LSD was the only thing that worked for him and made a world of difference. He cracked his spine or something, idk.

Anyways, I don't know what I think about all of it, but just thought I'd share.

I’m going to dig into some of the research and studies he touches on in the book. It’s interesting because the main thing that the experiences have in common is that they remove the ego and the id and force you to literally see yourself in a new way. I guess it’s similar to how sometimes dreams are a way we deal with stuff we can’t process consciously.

Like, when you eat a mushroom and talk with satan and Jesus with a 3rd person view of yourself while floating in the Pillars of Creation where you can “see” math, you are going to learn some real shit about yourself.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Don't give all of your attention to a brilliant film on my account!

Is it better than Rapture-Palooza?

Originally Posted by slim

Is it better than Rapture-Palooza?

It has subtitles, so...no.

But if you are in a certain mood, it's absolutely the shit. It's a hell of a good movie.

Originally Posted by MasterShake

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan.

Really interesting breakdown of how psychedelic drugs are creating breakthroughs in mental health treatments for things like depression and PTSD. Goes into the history and the authors personal experiences. Makes me want to do drugs... in a good way!

Pollan was on the longform podcast months (maybe a year?) ago and it was one of my favorites. Super interesting dude.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

So the John Sandford book ended up disappointing.

The book I am finishing now though...

I am in love. It's bad man.

c'mon man what is it?

iin general, f I find a book potentially disappointing I dont' finish it

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

I dropped acid one time because a friend of mine kept after me. He was bit younger and had just returned from Iraq, had severe PTSD issues. Said LSD was the only thing that worked for him and made a world of difference. He cracked his spine or something, idk.

Anyways, I don't know what I think about all of it, but just thought I'd share.

I'm glad you did. this is a safe place Hawg. did your friend get mad when you dropped the acid? some people can be pretty protective of their drugs

Originally Posted by BroncoNut

I'm glad you did. this is a safe place Hawg. did your friend get mad when you dropped the acid? some people can be pretty protective of their drugs

I caught it with my foot before it hit the floor!

Originally Posted by BroncoNut

c'mon man what is it?

iin general, f I find a book potentially disappointing I dont' finish it

The book was The Glass House by Emily St. John Mandel.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

The book was The Glass House by Emily St. John Mandel.

ithanks, mma gonna look this up. it's been awhile since a read really took me.

Originally Posted by BroncoNut

ithanks, mma gonna look this up. it's been awhile since a read really took me.

It's got a bunch of Ponzi scheme financial stuff that bores most readers...I loved it.

I really just love the author though--her voice.

Originally Posted by aberdien

Ordered this book



I think this podcast is by the same guy:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...s/id1494336314

Finally got this one finished. If you like pop culture and music you'll like it. Light and fun reading. Here's a list of the chapters. I've bolded the ones I was particularly interested in:

Oasis vs Blur
Nirvana vs Pearl Jam
Prince vs Michael Jackson
White Stripes vs Black Keys
Taylor Swift vs Kanye West
Beatles vs Stones
Eric Clapton vs Jimi Hendrix
Sinead O'Connor vs Miley Cyrus
Roger Waters vs the Rest of Pink Floyd
Smashing Pumpkins vs Pavement
Madonna vs Cyndi Lauper and Britney Spears vs Christina Aguilera
Neil Young vs Lynyrd Skynyrd
Biggie vs Tupac
Toby Keith vs the Dixie Chicks


"I'm just more attracted to the Stones. The Beatles are the person you want to marry, and the Stones are the person you want to ****. If I could marry a band, I would be a Beatles person. But our society has not yet recognized person-rock band marriage rights. I guess you can't have sex with a band, either, but 'Sticky Fingers' is the closest that rock music gets to sex, so I'm a Stones guy."

"Your taste in music isn't really all that important when it comes to defining who you are as a person. It's not unimportant, particularly if the music you love forms a crucial part of how you view yourself. And it's certainly a fun topic to think and argue about. But if studying these rivalries teaches us anything, it's that what matters and what we believe matters in life often don't line up. In fact, our stupid beliefs can be the very thing that keeps us from realizing what's really real, which is that people are generally more similar than dissimilar and that we all want basically the same thing, which is for other people to like (or at least understand) us."

Originally Posted by aberdien

Finally got this one finished. If you like pop culture and music you'll like it. Light and fun reading. Here's a list of the chapters. I've bolded the ones I was particularly interested in:

Oasis vs Blur
Nirvana vs Pearl Jam
Prince vs Michael Jackson
White Stripes vs Black Keys
Taylor Swift vs Kanye West
Beatles vs Stones
Eric Clapton vs Jimi Hendrix
Sinead O'Connor vs Miley Cyrus
Roger Waters vs the Rest of Pink Floyd
Smashing Pumpkins vs Pavement
Madonna vs Cyndi Lauper and Britney Spears vs Christina Aguilera
Neil Young vs Lynyrd Skynyrd
Biggie vs Tupac
Toby Keith vs the Dixie Chicks


"I'm just more attracted to the Stones. The Beatles are the person you want to marry, and the Stones are the person you want to ****. If I could marry a band, I would be a Beatles person. But our society has not yet recognized person-rock band marriage rights. I guess you can't have sex with a band, either, but 'Sticky Fingers' is the closest that rock music gets to sex, so I'm a Stones guy."

"Your taste in music isn't really all that important when it comes to defining who you are as a person. It's not unimportant, particularly if the music you love forms a crucial part of how you view yourself. And it's certainly a fun topic to think and argue about. But if studying these rivalries teaches us anything, it's that what matters and what we believe matters in life often don't line up. In fact, our stupid beliefs can be the very thing that keeps us from realizing what's really real, which is that people are generally more similar than dissimilar and that we all want basically the same thing, which is for other people to like (or at least understand) us."

There are probably thousands of groupies who would disagree with this statement.

Radical Candor by Kim Scott. Leadership books make me roll my eyes sometimes. There are some good lessons to be had but they try to present their books as the only way to lead at times.

There are certainly guidelines, but not so many rules.

A lot of it, for me, is more about framing my leadership experience in a civilian or corporate context.

This book is good so far, I'm enjoying it, but it comes down to honesty and trust more than anything.

I'm mostly learning the lingo and language buzzwords from this one so I can speak to it with a boss I know loves the book. I don't see any negative leadership lessons in here so that's a start as it seems so many of these books lose me two chapters in to what I feel is just bad leadership advice.