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This was my favorite one! Nice recap of it.

HEY kislux !! I have been watching you for years and im so proud of where you have made it! I love you so much! Also thanks for making my day <3

I was very much underwhelmed by the book.

it is an amazing book. why do you think it is not popular

Keep it up! Thank you for sharing this

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I agree, I'm almost done this book and i find very little about Stoicism. At least i gor my yearly Ryan Holiday fix lol

tyckte boken var helt ok, författaren irriterade mig i sista kvarten

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you should control yourself bjorn, and stop moving in front of the camera. It's distracting and annoying, even for the 40 persons that gave you like.

Thanks. That RNA book sounds like something I need to read.

This is a terrible book, describing a dystopian future in which individuals become sovereign like countries are. They become exempt from taxation because they are no longer citizens of a particular country. Good for them, I guess? Except that all others remain tax-payers in the collapsing nation states. In other words: there will be an elite upper-class that ignore any rules or obligations, while the rest of the population can starve for all they care. It creates a caste system with untouchable overlords and servants. It generally boils down to: the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Truly dystopian! Yet the book seems to promote the idea as an opportunity - not a warning. The book starts with the Y2K-bug. As it is written before the year 2000, the writers feared the disruption such a bug could bring. To me, this clearly illustrates how the writers are fascinated by technology without understanding the mere basics of it. Here's the deal. Back in the day, the assumption was that computers stored dates without explicitly mentioning the century. And these systems would crash when going from 31-12-99 to 01-01-00. But here's the thing: computers would need at least 6 bytes to store a date like that. In reality, computer systems simply count the days since January 1st, 1970 in a "double" (a numeric storage unit using only use 2 bytes, meaning: it can count up to 65536 which might become a problem in the year 2149). Programmers rather accepted the pay check for pretending to fix the non-existing problem, than to explain to their incompetent bosses/clients that there never was a Y2K-problem to fix. This techno-horniness without true technical understanding continues throughout the book. It uses a ridiculous amount of words to disguise their cluelessness. We are introduced to the idea of becoming clients of a country, and only paying tax for what we as clients think their services are worth. And since the richest people are, according to the authors, the highest contributors to taxation, they have the right to set the rules. Dumb dumb dumb. When they choose to pay less, they no longer contribute the most, and immediately lose that privilege. The sad truth is that tax evasion already is a widespread problem that gives multinationals an unfair disadvantage over their smaller competitors. This impedes progress as capitalism relies on a level playing field. If smaller competitors can't compete with the non-tax-paying market-leaders, innovation simply stops. If we all pay our fair share, we all pay a bit less. That's why I believe the UN should set taxation laws, explicitly aiming at closing the loopholes and taxation differences between countries. We all dislike paying tax, but if there's one thing worse, it is knowing that some get away with paying nothing. The book also predicts that every nation state with multiple official languages will fall first. It sees English as the de-facto language of the internet, which happens to be the native tongue of the authors. To me, this implies that the writers don’t have equality on their mind. It poses a severe disadvantage for everyone who doesn’t speak English, and disproportionately benefits native speakers. It ignores the simple fact that English became the most dominant language because of colonialism and power abuse. Don't get me wrong: I love the English language. But I hate the inequality it creates, and the colonialism that made it so dominant. The book has the false assumption that those who pay the least, get the most, and those who pay the most, get the least. It only sees government spending as social security and benefits for the poor. This is incorrect. Higher incomes tend to use the infrastructure much more often. Rich people buy more, they drive more, etc. Especially flying seems to be directly correlated to wealth. And especially flying is exempt from many taxation laws. The authors also claim that the witch trials might not have been completely unjustified, clearly illustrating how patriarchal and ill informed they are about the past, present and future. Out of desperation those women might have “cursed” gullible people, who paid to lift the curse and end the bad luck they encountered. So while they might have been innocent of witchcraft, they likely were guilty of extortion. Well, if extortion is a high enough crime to be burned alive, I’ve got bad news for those who wish to become sovereign individuals, because they in fact try to extort the nation they don’t want to pay tax to.

If you are someone who thinks that authors who parade their “spiritual wisdom” should actually have something to say, rather than stringing together a bunch of hackneyed cliches taken fourth hand from other writers, then avoid this vapid piece of s**t. The difference between the cheap “wisdom” of this book and the genuine wisdom of say the Sufi poet Rumi, from whom Coelho stole his premise is the difference between the authentic David of Michelangelo and the little plastic imitation you buy in the gift shop beside the exit.

Farfetched

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I'm reading this one right now! And would seriously recommend "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy, which I've just read!

Props for being able to admit when theres something you dont understand

I stopped reading halfway through when I heard people cannot find where she got her PhD and that it may be false…🤷‍♀️

You have to be careful to whom you are radically honest. Does he cover that in his book?

Really recommend the book of Revelation, we should trust Jesus and put all our trust on Him. God bless you and your loved ones!

I'm about halfway through The Madness of crowds by Douglas Murray. Afterwards, I'm reading the new Ryan Holiday book on Stoicism

Sorry about the sound quality. This was a very impromptu video. I’ll be back with more vids later this week. Btw, it would be cool the get to know you all better. Where are you from? What got you into reading and lifelong learning? 🤔

I love the tv movie. Looking forward on reading this book 😊

I will read this book I have suffered with depression since my first baby was born 43 yrs ago I really cant take anymore because I have a long term illness now that makes it worse. Thank you.

Hi Bjorn enjoy your channel , Kaspar Hauser has been a life long interest of mine I thought he was supposed to be a member of royalty and that was why he was assassinated.I don't think he was a fraud . Anyway its great to hear the subject discussed . Happy reading to you too.

I’ve recently found your channel and I appreciate that you make reviews about non-fiction books. I’m here for book recommendations and will return to your channel for that. I like the way you describe the books you review. Although, my personal interests are in history, nature and travel writing, I still enjoy learning about the books you talk about. Thanks for making this refreshingly lovely content.

Great list some i have read some i will have to. Happy Father’s day.

Have you read Epictetus? I think he is the best of the classic stoic philosophers. You can also notice some eastern influences in his texts.

Visualizing the worse case scenario is being pragmatic - My Motto is - Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. It is an old practice designed to teach us to appreciate what we have, before they are lost to us.

I love these videos. Not enough of us are reading these great books. My most recent that I would share would be Charles Taylor's A Secular Life. The road less travelled was a recent re-read and still stands up to time... Thanks for sharing these special books. *THe Gita is one book I have read more than I can count, Emerson, Thoreau, Campbell, Gandhi, and I: we are in good company. If you love the Gita there is a course I am in you may want to join - taught by one of the foremost scholars on the planet today. Look up the VIMarsha foundation...

How to win friends was life changing, i read it every year! It's like having a life cheat code ;)

I love your contents, thankyou!!

hey bjorn! loved the book recs however i clicked on the video seeing that you are a growing youtuber, and one thing i would like to see you improve is your thumbnail, it's not as attention gaining ykwm, it would be nice to see you do that. also to support i watched all the possible ads and subscribed, ly keep growing!

Well said. Excellent review.

Jag tycker Bjorn behover en vit vecka lol.

Bra review Bjorn! You should do more reviews on the couch. It’s more cozy.

Thanks, good video "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” ― Robert A. Heinlein

The DIRTY TRUTHS...! thats so good!

Amazing list I've read all of those my favourite and the most formative by far is The denial of death I am still in a sort of existential crisis many years after I've read it first time 😁

Viktor Frankl! Wonderful book. The Righteous Mind is one I'd like to read. I totally agree with your thoughts on using Audible. Another plus about Audible is the ease of converting notes 📝

Really love your videos, Bro. The next improvement is the microphone. Thank you.

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I have read only Atomic habits , can i purchase this book or avoid because of repetition???

These look really interesting, especially the biology ones

Awesome review!Heard about this book a long time ago.After seeing your review , I definitely need to purchase this book.Are there any other books you know of , that are similar to this book?Wishing you all the best for the future.

Wow, what a great batch on ai and our future world :o

Great video! My to buy list is getting so long. It's going to take years to buy all of them lol

Maybe if people were not so judgmental about him he would actually be considered a wonderful person person

The intention list doesn't work for me I have this book on audible heard it 8 times. Can you create a video on his learn to speak a language in 5 days and Energy.

Good stuff! Saint Paul's Letter to the Romans, The Last Word on Power by Tracy Goss, Influence by Robert Cialdini are some faves.