I've noticed recently that I've become a bit of a know it all, my arrogance has grown and I'm chomping at the bit to talk down to people who are beginners in my hobbies. I would not like to be this person so am looking for some book recommendations. Edit: I'm fine with fiction or non fiction. Not interested in true crime stuff though.
by redwall_7love
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Since you haven’t specified your area of interest I’ll humbly like to give some general recommendations
If into Physics, read “The Road to Reality l” by Roger Penrose or any of Landau and Lifshitz Textbooks
If youre into Mathematics, read any of Graduate Texts in Mathematics (GTM) series
If you’re into Programing, read any of Knuth, especially his masterpiece “The Art of Computer Programming”
If you’re into Biology, Bruce Albert’s is sure to humble anyone
If you’re into Chess, read any of Dvoretsky, Karsten Muller, Kasparov
If you’re into History, read “Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire”
If you’re into Philosophy, read Hegel, Zizek
If you’re into Cryptography, read “Decrypted Secrets” by Bauer
If you want Fiction :
– Gravitys Raninbow
– Finnegans Wake
– Any of Arno Schmidt (Especially Bottom’s Dream)
– Jerusalem by Alan Moore
Enjoy and don’t hurt yourself
Stoic philosophy.
An interesting Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/comments/61rotc/how_do_stoics_regard_humility_how_to_become_humble/
You might enjoy *A Man Called Ove* 🙂
Man’s Search for Meaning
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Sor Juana, Or the Traps of Faith
Tuesdays with morrie