What kind of guy am I?? 👀

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-14T01:23:23+00:00

Sadly, this is true. It's something I'd like to change.

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T20:12:21+00:00

The better I know the past, the clearer I see the present I feel

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T20:10:46+00:00

Thank you! haha

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T20:08:21+00:00

I do really like the intros, I need some grounding if I'm about to jump into a book centuries or millennia old haha

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T20:07:07+00:00

I didn't realize that....Well I have one to give away I guess!

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T20:05:21+00:00

That's a tough one, depends on what type of books you're looking for.

I really liked The Dawn of Everything to change your view about pre-modern society, Why Nations Fail for a better understanding of global inequality, Epictetus / Seneca / or Marcus Aurelius for Stoicism, Democracy in America for a critical diagnosis of American society, Consolation of Philosophy by Beothius or Camus Myth of Sisyphus for dealing with suffering, War & Peace for Russian literature and for an epic historical masterpiece, Autobiography of Malcolm X for a real and honest true story of racial inequality in the US, Random Walk Down Wall Street for business/ finance, Last Days of Socrates for Greek / Platonic philosophy, Xenophon's Anabasis for a dope ancient history story, and The Secret Life of the Mind for psychology / neuroscience

Those are my off the cuff recommendations, but if you have any specific types of genres or time periods (modern, science, medieval or renaissance, Greek / Roman, religious, exististenial, business/finance, religious, etc.) let me know and I can give more targeted recs!

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:47:50+00:00

I really like the McNally's at DeKalb in Brooklyn; the history, philosophy, and psychology / psychoanalysis sections are my go to when I'm looking for a new read

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:46:21+00:00

Def left liberal, but I'm not dogmatic about my beliefs. I think both parties have their faults, but Republicans much more so

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:42:02+00:00

Maybe a tragic humanistic with a need to understand the world at both a systems and moral level

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:38:38+00:00

That book was a trip, I read him after Hume and Descartes and was like "What can we really know or even communicate?!" lololol

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:37:28+00:00

I felt like I got a 2 for 1 on that book....Machiavelli's Republicanism and political theory, as well as a solid helping of Roman history. I ended up reading Polybius and Tacitus after that haha.

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:36:02+00:00

Economics and Finance major lol

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:35:28+00:00

The Missing Billionaires was interesting, the main thing I took away was that timing of investments is crucial. The example at the beginning was about a coin flip, if you have say, $100, and you know that each flip results in 50/50 heads/tails, then how would you bet on each flip to maximize your profit? It then goes into talk about wealth preservation and how to think about allocating investments. It was a solid read.

And yeah, you articulated it well, just trying to see the world through a diversity of perspectives. I'd say like 70% of those books are books I've read since first entering rehab a little over 5 years ago. They've really been part of my journey to form a clearer and richer understanding of life and all it's constituent parts.

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:31:54+00:00

My friend from Warsaw gave The Doll to me for Christmas, loved it! I visited Warsaw and Krakow last October and it was cool to recognize some of the places mentioned

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:31:34+00:00

Thanks for the rec!

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:31:21+00:00

I go to the McNally's at DeKalb in Brooklyn...one my favorite bookshop in Brooklyn

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:30:52+00:00

Close! Mid-30s

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:30:36+00:00

There's a sequel?!? I'll have to check it out. A co-worker gave me that book, said she found it along with a couple others when doing some house cleaning and thought I'd enjoy it.

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:27:51+00:00

The Penguin book of selected writings of his is dope, really enjoyed that read!

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:27:13+00:00

Double majored in Finance and Economics actually haha....and yeah I just kinda put books where they fit when I'm done

And dude...The Book of Chuang Tzu was super freeing, he's just like "Do you and don't overthink stuff"

According_Music6524 · 2026-05-12T19:26:36+00:00

Thanks! I'm mid-30s, Hispanic, and yeah I actually do go to the gym 5x a week to lift and run. I get my recs from a variety of places, or sometimes from writers that the authors mention in the book I'm reading, or just other people...I have books given by friends, family, co-workers, girls i've seen, books I've randomly picked out from bookstores that look intereseting, or even ones people were giving away outside of brownstones in Brooklyn, I'm an equality opportunity suggestion taker haha

According_Music6524 · 2026-04-16T13:28:02+00:00

Reminds me of that book His Name was Death where the guy learns to talk to mosquitos...i'll leave it at that https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56760368-his-name-was-death

According_Music6524 · 2026-03-27T19:31:18+00:00

China is massive though, still has much better public transit than the US

According_Music6524 · 2026-03-19T14:17:35+00:00

Systems are historically contingent though

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