@@KingMinosxxvi yes but if you are locked out of an email and your device breaks those books are gone forever lol physical copies will always be better
For those narrowing their focus on a single phrase used within a 21 minute video, I employ you to use the same lens that you use when reading books. Reading gross amounts of information is not a singular focus on an authors rhetoric, but rather an exploration into their ideas.
I bought Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and Moral letters to Lucilius by Seneca. Ryan you seem like an awesome dude man I wish I had friends with your energy/vibe demeanor anyways yea man great video!!
“Past is not politicized” - how do you feel about “history being written by the winners” or qualitative differences and political views of authors challenge that?
Sure, because the 'losers' or underdogs of cultural or geographical battles are all illiterate and have no stories of their own to tell, which is why they've never published their stories and histories because they are such 'victims'!!! Geezz! 🤦♀️You really believe in your own ignorant victim narrative? The books written by the underdogs and by the counterculture have historically even been far more popular and have brought about far more change than the dominant narrative. Pick up a history book.
I think that's a reason to read multiple authors on a topic of history. History is less politicized than MSNBC and Fox and the 24 hour cycle, but not absolutely unpolicitized. Read widely.
A glance at the historiography of the American Civil War shows the coming and goings of fads and fashions, even at higher levels of scholarship. The Lost Cause had its share of it, especially during Jim Crow, but there are still pops and fizzles of it today. Jim is only sleeping, apparently; he hasn't gone yet.
@@timetheory84 Experience does not implicitly have to be mentioned, experience happens whether you look for it or not, and I don't think experience is necessarily being minimized when learning from history is being encouraged.
@@timetheory84 I think you make a good point about some authors perhaps being deluded for lack of experience, but I think there are plenty of authors who have an incredible wealth of experience, and minimizing that is most certainly folly.
@@timetheory84 yeah it seems like stoicism only makes you think in idealistic terms. It's great when you need to build a company bring something of value to said company but, it's whole different mindset to defend what you have built.
Historically I have an annual goal to read 50 books. With covid eliminating all my travel for work I decided to see if I could read 100 books in 2020. My five favorites for the year are: (1) Ashenden by Somerset Maugham; the story of a reluctant spy during the first world war. (2) Anatomy of a Murder; written in 1958, it is one the original court room dramas with murder, deceit and wire taut tension. (3) Ben Hur: One of the top twenty selling books of all time and the most influential Christian book of the 19th century. (4) The Mill and the Floss: set in the 1820's, it is the story of siblings and their struggle against circumstance. (5) Lord of the World: One of the first dystopian novels of the century where belief in God has been replaced by secular humanism
“History is not the study of the past, history is the study of change” ~ Yuval Noah Harari "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." ~ George Santayana “History never repeats itself. Man always does” ~ Voltaire
I listen to a lot of a book review and book list type of TH-cam content just because it can be fun background noise that also keeps me up on what books are out there but for the most part there's no nutrition in it. This list instantly had me going to my shelves to grab The Road and Invisible Man and then to Amazon for the others. Really appreciate your recommendations.
in my part of Australia we had severe drought for 3 years and then the fires absolutely ravished the land and communities and then the virus hit along with the economic downturn at each moment of choice it was the ability to reflect and find the virtue or principle that guided me through. the abstract principles became a never-ending source of concrete actions. im grateful to the wise ones of the past and present thank you for helping me a better person than before
Can I just say Ryan, at the start of the 2000s I self educated myself with Stoicism (Ancient Greeks aswell) and I envisioned or dreamed that Stoicism would be a replacement for religion/western thought in the 21st century. Thankyou for bringing Stoicism to the wider public. Love you’re videos and enthusiasm 👍🏻✌🏻
Wouldn't work. Stoicism is never about experiencing "love," but avoiding pain. That's why I'm and will always be a follower of Jesus Christ -- who went too far according to the Stoics -- He loved us and showed us that love until the very end.
The Bible is a good ‘self help’ book yes full of tales and I believe in the historical Jesus Christs messages ; though Stoicism is aimed to combat the realism in society and your own mind. It is inherent in human nature that the ‘fittest will survive’ and disappointedly the world is a rough, tough place. We all have evil within us. This is why I believe Stoicism is the best choice for guidance in our era, after Nietchze (God is Dead) and the progress of science. Trying to live a life of ‘pureness’ and forgiveness is like peeing against the wind. There are bad people out there and things like ‘forgiveness’ etc don’t cut it. Stoicism is a rational guidance for life. Jordan Peterson has some good videos on this subject, about being a monster though keeping it inside you till you need it. You check it out. Peace ✌🏻
"It's past, it's not politicized." -- What? Who could be so naive as to believe this? I don't even know a context in which this is true. It wasn't true in the past (read Plato or Machiavelli). It wasn't true of historians of the past (read Thucydides, Edward Gibbon) and it's surely not true of contemporary historians.
I stopped the video after I heard that. Credibility was gone. There is a difference between a thought journal written to oneself that was never intended to be published and propoganda - there has been and never will be a shortage of that.
@@BigJamesinDC Relax and get over yourself, he’s human not a robot, he’s allowed to make mistakes just like I’m so certain that you too have made mistakes in your life. When you make a mistake, do people write you off entirely ? I’d hope not. To write someone off so quickly, especially in Ryan’s case, is so incredibly foolish, pathetic even.
I’ve read more this year than I have in the past 10yrs. Went over meditations 3 times, Seneca, and just finished a Fantasy novel. A cigar, a glass of bourbon and a good book is my happy place. It’s definitely helped me this year.
Bookssssss I'll read in 2021 for sure are, thnx for recommendations, Sir : The great influenza Meditations The road (Cormac McCarthy) Leadership Invisible man Parting the water Pillar of fire.
Hey Ryan, if you could make a video on how you get through so many books in such a short period of time (while still taking detailed notes) that would be awesome
He already covered this and called it his "Notecard System": ryanholiday.net/the-notecard-system-the-key-for-remembering-organizing-and-using-everything-you-read/ But yes, a video on the notecard system would be amazing.
I was curious about stoicism earlier this year but put it off. Your videos are helping me to explore it, learn it and just overall make some changes! Great book list as well, will check those out.
Thank u very much for not making the video just a static single frame self narrative, rather putting in all the montage and investing into the narrative behind it
I think The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene is a fantastic read for our current times. The way Greene uses history to illuminate how power operates is fantastic.
I think Greene's books should not be read as inspiration, but as a way of understanding how power plays and manipulation works so that you can identify when someone is using it.
I want a husband half as handsome as Ryan and 10% as passionate about books. It would be already a dream come true (most people I know can't even read an Ikea manual)
I’m a book worm. 47. 6’4. Handsome. Reading is a great hobby along with writing and exercise. Fasting is my #1 habit followed by prayer. I live in Dallas. I want a smart woman.
"The past is less politicized"? I'm not sure I agree with that, but your main point about the necessity of reading history I think is a good one. If you have the time and inclination try reading Arthur Danto's Narration and Knowledge. Thank you for your wonderful videos, essays, and books. I especially enjoyed Lives of the Stoics. I appreciate your efforts and your sincerity. All the best for prosperous and healthy new year!
Quote on the back wall in case anyone's wondering is by Walter Mosely and he says, "“I'm not saying that you have to be a reader to save your soul in the modern world. I'm saying it helps.”
Just completed 'Ego is the enemy' and have started off with 'Stillness is the key'. With your books and all the perspectives in them, I have just discovered new possibilites within myself and my life. They made 2020 much easy to handle for me. Thank you for everything, Ryan! Your works and videos are like this full-course meal for our brain and soul.
I discovered Ryan Holiday and stoicism while in therapy for anxiety. I have read all three of those books (Obstacle, Ego, Stillness) and turned around and ordered them on audiobook so I can listen to them again. I have never been a big fan of self-help books, but this man has changed my life.
@@callmedaniel8260 Yes, totally agree with you, mate! His books can be considered as individual 'Therapists', in themselves! And the best part is, their attention span ought'ta last a lifetime for us, for we are bound to go back to them, time and again!
Love it 🔥 I can listen to Ryan Holiday go through his recommended and put it on my TBR all day, truly inspirational, the conundrum is somehow the content is very real and you’re motivated from it.
The problem with learning a (difficult) foreign language is you will have to cut the number of books you read in English for 1-2 years before you can start reading novels and academic works in your target language. All worth it.
I am usually not a history reader but I picked up The Path to Power by Robert Caro with audible read by one of my favorite readers, Grover Gardner, after hearing about it on Conan O'Brien's podcast. I never thought that I could get through 4,000 pages about Lyndon Johnson but that thing was well written and well read. First time I've ever really read a history book and was the first thing I thought about when you mentioned the influenza book. I'm now gonna have to pick it up! Thanks! Also, I'd like to say that I really appreciate your videos. I found you after finding out a little more about stoicism, and I will say that stoicism has helped me immensely with anxiety and stress. Thank you for making these. Your editing skills are also tremendous and I'm envious with how well the videos come out.
Yes I believe all of the books you picked are very relevant to today. Thank you very much for sharing because I have not read all of them, I think I've read about three of them and all of them I'm sure are worth revisiting.
As much as I could very well debate many things that were said in this video, as for example the past not being politicized, this is a very good video, much better than one would expect about sort of a list of books. This has context; this has thoughts about the specific books and thoughts related to the characters, as well as about the personal experience of reading them in a specific time and a specific place and the emotions and lines of thought set in motion by the reading. This is not schematic nor rigid, even following a plan.. this is organic
I’m curious, have you read the Bible cover to cover? So few people actually have. With your vast knowledge and love of reading, I wonder what you would or do think.
Looking at the past is where my positivity lies. I mean ever heard “the roaring 20s”?! I believe thats whats gonna happen to us, im calling it the bounce back! Well i hope. 🤞
We have such a similar reading list. I have a lot of other classics, but those Martin Luther King Jr. Books (plus the other book At Canaan's Edge is also on my list). I also read Invisible Man.
I read Invisible Man late last year. It was maybe my favorite read of the year. It was so relevant to today's political climate that I can't stop recommending it to all the readers in my life.
The reaction to reading "The Road" makes the most sense to me. I tried to read that book when my son was 5 and I couldn't see him every day... I did not finish the book.
I used to have many books, not as many as those in the background but many. Recent demise of my husband made me rethink about life and i started to think about death a lot, which apparently is a very stoic thing to do. I started to give away my books keeping only a fraction and it took me months to give away the books to libraries, friends and people in the community. And that was giving away the books for free, not trying to sell them. The lesson learnt: I would spare the people i love the pain of getting rid of my S*it by living simply and not accumulate things that are indifferent to me.
Man , this guy can talk ! I wonder if he ever let's his mind relax with all the philosophy quotes bouncing around in his head.. I get alot of the ideas but a bit overwhelming to take in
Dear Ryan sir, Greetings from India, and wishing you a very happy new year. I highly recommend you to read at least once "The complete works of Swami Vivekananda" series.
You say it’s your job to read, how can one make reading their job as you do? Is it because you’re a writer? I am interested in doing a similar career path. Maybe a video of how you achieved your success would be useful? Thank you for these videos, my life is improving from your words. You cause me to think very deeply. I don’t want to be you but I’d like to be more like you or at least the you I perceive of you in these videos. It seems like a wonderful way to exist. Thank you.
"Tragedy and Hope a history of the world in our time" by Carroll Quigley or his condensed version "The Anglo American Establishment" or Antony C Sutton's three volume series "Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development" or his Wall Street Series.
Epictetus said to stop reading and start living. His view of his students endless parade of "necessary" books was that once the principles are known, they are merely distractions, and often just another excuse to memorize, and expound, rather than implement the teachings. "How then do we admit that virtue is such as I have said, and yet seek progress in other things and make a display of it? What is the product of virtue? Tranquillity. Who then makes improvement? It is he who has read many books of Chrysippus? But does virtue consist in having understood Chrysippus? If this is so, progress is clearly nothing else than knowing a great deal of Chrysippus." Epictetus (Discourses)
I agree, isn’t it more “proving” to get out and put it into practice..live it...don’t hide your light, your gifts or anything which would contribute to benefit society...hmm is that the ego now? Sigh.
I'd like to see a list of books that a person should read if they only had one year to live (maybe a list of 25 books that they have to read before they die).
Marcus Aurelius: "Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."
Ryan, I've been following you more closely since you appeared on 2b1c with Tom, so sending love from the mommies here. Please stop repeating parts of your video in edit, I always check the time stamp to see if I had rewind while not looking. Thanks for creating
Im sad..I have always been known as a bookworm but in the last few years ive been having a tough time reading, why?, I dont know....I have loads of books and I will make 2021 my "the return of the bookworm" year....Im sure I have the book The Great Influenza somewhere...Just find your channel & love how you explain everything...Thank you....
For me the best books I read this year are: Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life, The Trouble with Peace , Marketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business , The SEO Way: Beginners Guide to Search Engine Optimization
How to Influence People and Win Friends Meditations 12 Rules for Life Endurance Crime and Punishment Think Grow Rich Freedom from Fear Gulag Archipelago
I think your content is great, man, but I've watched 12 videos now and I haven't seen one of them without you mentioning Marcus Aurelius/Meditations lol.
One day maybe, could you do a video on how you stack books like that? Those appear to be 3 or 4 deep. Also, I wanted to ask a serious question about some of the ideas you champion. How does it work that we never step in the same river twice, but history is a broken record, always repeating itself? It seems contradictory to me.
Who else is just mesmerized by his bookshelf? I wonder if there is such a term as a 'bibliogasm'? If not, there should be!
I don't think it's his bookshelf. I believe that's the office space he works at.
"Bibliogasm?" I like it!
@@CarnifaxMachine yeah i think the same
It is truly impressive.
this is actually his bookstore, and that’s a fireplace there on the left!
When you have so many books that you don't need walls .. love it!
I have just as many books they are i single small electronic device. What an asshat
@@KingMinosxxvi "I have just as many books they are i single..." And you're calling HIM an asshat? Here's a thought: Proofread before posting.
Is this his house? I thought it was a library
@@patzmaru98 it's a library not a house ..he recently bought it
@@KingMinosxxvi yes but if you are locked out of an email and your device breaks those books are gone forever lol physical copies will always be better
19:20 the books listed.
Thanks man
Thanks
Almost 20 minutes of bla bla wow
Thank you!!!
@@weltvonalex Not really, He reviewed several very large books. Did a great job of it too.
For those narrowing their focus on a single phrase used within a 21 minute video, I employ you to use the same lens that you use when reading books. Reading gross amounts of information is not a singular focus on an authors rhetoric, but rather an exploration into their ideas.
I bought Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and Moral letters to Lucilius by Seneca. Ryan you seem like an awesome dude man I wish I had friends with your energy/vibe demeanor anyways yea man great video!!
@Middle Child Translated by George Long I got it off Amazon a while back
@Middle Child Likewise bro!
@Middle Child Ryan suggests the version translated by Gregory Hays.
Thats the beautiful thing that TH-cam is offering to all of us... a virtual tribe 🤗
“Past is not politicized” - how do you feel about “history being written by the winners” or qualitative differences and political views of authors challenge that?
Oh that myth. Lol. History written by winners. Get the fuck out of here
@@phatcrayonz Very constructive and certainly helpful. Thank you, Obag.
Sure, because the 'losers' or underdogs of cultural or geographical battles are all illiterate and have no stories of their own to tell, which is why they've never published their stories and histories because they are such 'victims'!!! Geezz! 🤦♀️You really believe in your own ignorant victim narrative? The books written by the underdogs and by the counterculture have historically even been far more popular and have brought about far more change than the dominant narrative. Pick up a history book.
I think that's a reason to read multiple authors on a topic of history. History is less politicized than MSNBC and Fox and the 24 hour cycle, but not absolutely unpolicitized. Read widely.
A glance at the historiography of the American Civil War shows the coming and goings of fads and fashions, even at higher levels of scholarship. The Lost Cause had its share of it, especially during Jim Crow, but there are still pops and fizzles of it today. Jim is only sleeping, apparently; he hasn't gone yet.
13:54 the stoic virtues are
- Courage
- Justice
- Wisdom
- Temperance
@@timetheory84 Experience does not implicitly have to be mentioned, experience happens whether you look for it or not, and I don't think experience is necessarily being minimized when learning from history is being encouraged.
@@timetheory84 I think you make a good point about some authors perhaps being deluded for lack of experience, but I think there are plenty of authors who have an incredible wealth of experience, and minimizing that is most certainly folly.
@@timetheory84 you are right. there's disconnect.
@@timetheory84 yeah it seems like stoicism only makes you think in idealistic terms. It's great when you need to build a company bring something of value to said company but, it's whole different mindset to defend what you have built.
Historically I have an annual goal to read 50 books. With covid eliminating all my travel for work I decided to see if I could read 100 books in 2020. My five favorites for the year are: (1) Ashenden by Somerset Maugham; the story of a reluctant spy during the first world war. (2) Anatomy of a Murder; written in 1958, it is one the original court room dramas with murder, deceit and wire taut tension. (3) Ben Hur: One of the top twenty selling books of all time and the most influential Christian book of the 19th century. (4) The Mill and the Floss: set in the 1820's, it is the story of siblings and their struggle against circumstance. (5) Lord of the World: One of the first dystopian novels of the century where belief in God has been replaced by secular humanism
“History is not the study of the past, history is the study of change” ~ Yuval Noah Harari
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." ~ George Santayana
“History never repeats itself. Man always does” ~ Voltaire
I listen to a lot of a book review and book list type of TH-cam content just because it can be fun background noise that also keeps me up on what books are out there but for the most part there's no nutrition in it. This list instantly had me going to my shelves to grab The Road and Invisible Man and then to Amazon for the others. Really appreciate your recommendations.
in my part of Australia we had severe drought for 3 years and then the fires absolutely ravished the land and communities
and then the virus hit along with the economic downturn
at each moment of choice it was the ability to reflect and find the virtue or principle that guided me through.
the abstract principles became a never-ending source of concrete actions.
im grateful to the wise ones of the past and present
thank you for helping me a better person than before
The last year truly was a test of character for us. I hope your part of our beautiful country picks back up for you.
I'm sorry you have had to go through all that. Hang in there.
Jason, that's just about as stoic as you can get as people and country. I wish Australians so much strength.
Can I just say Ryan, at the start of the 2000s I self educated myself with Stoicism (Ancient Greeks aswell) and I envisioned or dreamed that Stoicism would be a replacement for religion/western thought in the 21st century. Thankyou for bringing Stoicism to the wider public. Love you’re videos and enthusiasm 👍🏻✌🏻
Good to start with the Bible to know pure truth, then other books can be read and you will know what to keep and what to let go.
Wouldn't work. Stoicism is never about experiencing "love," but avoiding pain. That's why I'm and will always be a follower of Jesus Christ -- who went too far according to the Stoics -- He loved us and showed us that love until the very end.
The Bible is a good ‘self help’ book yes full of tales and I believe in the historical Jesus Christs messages ; though Stoicism is aimed to combat the realism in society and your own mind. It is inherent in human nature that the ‘fittest will survive’ and disappointedly the world is a rough, tough place. We all have evil within us. This is why I believe Stoicism is the best choice for guidance in our era, after Nietchze (God is Dead) and the progress of science. Trying to live a life of ‘pureness’ and forgiveness is like peeing against the wind. There are bad people out there and things like ‘forgiveness’ etc don’t cut it. Stoicism is a rational guidance for life. Jordan Peterson has some good videos on this subject, about being a monster though keeping it inside you till you need it. You check it out. Peace ✌🏻
"It's past, it's not politicized." -- What? Who could be so naive as to believe this? I don't even know a context in which this is true. It wasn't true in the past (read Plato or Machiavelli). It wasn't true of historians of the past (read Thucydides, Edward Gibbon) and it's surely not true of contemporary historians.
I stopped the video after I heard that. Credibility was gone. There is a difference between a thought journal written to oneself that was never intended to be published and propoganda - there has been and never will be a shortage of that.
@@BigJamesinDC Relax and get over yourself, he’s human not a robot, he’s allowed to make mistakes just like I’m so certain that you too have made mistakes in your life. When you make a mistake, do people write you off entirely ? I’d hope not. To write someone off so quickly, especially in Ryan’s case, is so incredibly foolish, pathetic even.
@@David-ix1qi I'm so glad you came along to share your wisdom with me and show all how to handle the situation with grace and elegance.
@@BigJamesinDC I’m sorry if I didn’t come off how you’d have liked me too
@@David-ix1qi No need to apologize, it was a funny comment.
I’ve read more this year than I have in the past 10yrs. Went over meditations 3 times, Seneca, and just finished a Fantasy novel. A cigar, a glass of bourbon and a good book is my happy place. It’s definitely helped me this year.
hi when you read meditations, do you read the introduction. thanks
@@capicheme2206 I did cuz it gives a little summary of background
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@@capicheme2206 the first time I did. The other 2 times, no.
Bookssssss I'll read in 2021 for sure are, thnx for recommendations, Sir :
The great influenza
Meditations
The road (Cormac McCarthy)
Leadership
Invisible man
Parting the water
Pillar of fire.
I received Lives of the Stoics for Christmas, reading it now!
How is it?
Wow Lucky you.😁
Me too :)
Gracias, Pura Vida 🇨🇷
Merry Christmas! Happy reading
Hey Ryan, if you could make a video on how you get through so many books in such a short period of time (while still taking detailed notes) that would be awesome
Mark Manson made a video how he reads a lot of books.
He already covered this and called it his "Notecard System": ryanholiday.net/the-notecard-system-the-key-for-remembering-organizing-and-using-everything-you-read/
But yes, a video on the notecard system would be amazing.
"Speed reading is bullshit" Rayn Holiday
This is my favourite channel on TH-cam , your book ‘ego is the enemy’ was the best I have ever read so far
I was curious about stoicism earlier this year but put it off. Your videos are helping me to explore it, learn it and just overall make some changes! Great book list as well, will check those out.
Thank u very much for not making the video just a static single frame self narrative, rather putting in all the montage and investing into the narrative behind it
I think The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene is a fantastic read for our current times. The way Greene uses history to illuminate how power operates is fantastic.
Try Laws of human nature by Robert Greene.
Robert Green gives me strong sociopath vibes.
I think Greene's books should not be read as inspiration, but as a way of understanding how power plays and manipulation works so that you can identify when someone is using it.
Third person to mention this!! Its going in my list! 🤗
@@jamisonbonds9757 Why? (Genuinely asking.)
I want a husband half as handsome as Ryan and 10% as passionate about books. It would be already a dream come true (most people I know can't even read an Ikea manual)
Change your circle baby girl
I’m a book worm. 47. 6’4. Handsome. Reading is a great hobby along with writing and exercise. Fasting is my #1 habit followed by prayer. I live in Dallas. I want a smart woman.
Wait, what? Ikea manuals, at least the ones I've seen, are cartoons. No words or very few.
For anyone wondering the thumbnail is an image of Trinity College Dublin Library in Dublin, Ireland.
"The past is less politicized"? I'm not sure I agree with that, but your main point about the necessity of reading history I think is a good one. If you have the time and inclination try reading Arthur Danto's Narration and Knowledge. Thank you for your wonderful videos, essays, and books. I especially enjoyed Lives of the Stoics. I appreciate your efforts and your sincerity. All the best for prosperous and healthy new year!
The past is less politicized. I agree.
I love books and reading but I was all over the place. How I look at books has been turned all around. Thank you!
Quote on the back wall in case anyone's wondering is by Walter Mosely and he says, "“I'm not saying that you have to be a reader to save your soul in the modern world. I'm saying it helps.”
Just completed 'Ego is the enemy' and have started off with 'Stillness is the key'. With your books and all the perspectives in them, I have just discovered new possibilites within myself and my life. They made 2020 much easy to handle for me. Thank you for everything, Ryan! Your works and videos are like this full-course meal for our brain and soul.
Wonderful!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I discovered Ryan Holiday and stoicism while in therapy for anxiety. I have read all three of those books (Obstacle, Ego, Stillness) and turned around and ordered them on audiobook so I can listen to them again. I have never been a big fan of self-help books, but this man has changed my life.
@@callmedaniel8260 Yes, totally agree with you, mate! His books can be considered as individual 'Therapists', in themselves! And the best part is, their attention span ought'ta last a lifetime for us, for we are bound to go back to them, time and again!
Love it 🔥 I can listen to Ryan Holiday go through his recommended and put it on my TBR all day, truly inspirational, the conundrum is somehow the content is very real and you’re motivated from it.
The problem with learning a (difficult) foreign language is you will have to cut the number of books you read in English for 1-2 years before you can start reading novels and academic works in your target language. All worth it.
I am usually not a history reader but I picked up The Path to Power by Robert Caro with audible read by one of my favorite readers, Grover Gardner, after hearing about it on Conan O'Brien's podcast. I never thought that I could get through 4,000 pages about Lyndon Johnson but that thing was well written and well read. First time I've ever really read a history book and was the first thing I thought about when you mentioned the influenza book. I'm now gonna have to pick it up! Thanks!
Also, I'd like to say that I really appreciate your videos. I found you after finding out a little more about stoicism, and I will say that stoicism has helped me immensely with anxiety and stress. Thank you for making these. Your editing skills are also tremendous and I'm envious with how well the videos come out.
Oh man the road is a crazy book, it really gave me the goosebumps.
Great video as always Ryan. I have learned a lot from your TH-cam content as well as your books. Keep up the good work!
Very intrigued by The Great Influenza! And THE ROAD!! Ryan!! Also my favorite read last year! Thanks for the great reading list!
I've read two books so far that Ryan recommended.
I'm nearing the end of "Invisible Man" and what a prescient read. I highly recommend it.
very good
I am still so jealous seeing Ryan's bookshelves 📚
Yes I believe all of the books you picked are very relevant to today. Thank you very much for sharing because I have not read all of them, I think I've read about three of them and all of them I'm sure are worth revisiting.
As much as I could very well debate many things that were said in this video, as for example the past not being politicized, this is a very good video, much better than one would expect about sort of a list of books. This has context; this has thoughts about the specific books and thoughts related to the characters, as well as about the personal experience of reading them in a specific time and a specific place and the emotions and lines of thought set in motion by the reading. This is not schematic nor rigid, even following a plan.. this is organic
I read the daily stoic.. everyday!! An excellent book for psychological healing. Currently reading the big book of physics at the moment
I re-read Tao Te Ching all the time because similar to your quote about man cannot step in the same river twice, I get something new each time!
Refreshing - even when you can tour keep doing your videos they are food for the SOUL.
I don't know why I discovered you and your channel so late :))
Lovely video !
Ralph Ellison....I read this book The Invisible Man in high school and it set me on a path to observe the society around me
What an amazing video! Just found your channel and I'm so grateful for that!. Thank you for the reviews. Cheers from Brazil. 💚
One of the best book review videos I’ve seen. I’ve added all your recommendations to my list. R.
I’m curious, have you read the Bible cover to cover? So few people actually have.
With your vast knowledge and love of reading, I wonder what you would or do think.
Thank you for this. Just filled my audible wish list with a bunch of these books.
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Some of these I had never heard! Thanks for shining the light on them and other things... definitely carrying the fire 🔥🙏🏻🤗
Looking at the past is where my positivity lies. I mean ever heard “the roaring 20s”?! I believe thats whats gonna happen to us, im calling it the bounce back! Well i hope. 🤞
We have such a similar reading list. I have a lot of other classics, but those Martin Luther King Jr. Books (plus the other book At Canaan's Edge is also on my list). I also read Invisible Man.
Like your library man. Super cool
Your content is really the best. So thankful you turned me on to the Stoics and Robert Greene.
Ohhhhh The Road ❤. First read when I was 18. A true great. Thank you for reminding me
Ryan , please recommend the greatest history books that you have read .
Please
made my decade, I m gonna read hundred of books this decade! Thanks! This channel is the defination of external motivation.
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I like the comment about history. I reread Epictetus and Seneca in 2020 and read couple times Bhagavad Gita.
Yes! So many layers 🤗
I read Invisible Man late last year. It was maybe my favorite read of the year. It was so relevant to today's political climate that I can't stop recommending it to all the readers in my life.
I had a very similar experience reading The Road as a father vs watching The Road as a bachelor.
The reaction to reading "The Road" makes the most sense to me. I tried to read that book when my son was 5 and I couldn't see him every day...
I did not finish the book.
I used to have many books, not as many as those in the background but many. Recent demise of my husband made me rethink about life and i started to think about death a lot, which apparently is a very stoic thing to do. I started to give away my books keeping only a fraction and it took me months to give away the books to libraries, friends and people in the community. And that was giving away the books for free, not trying to sell them. The lesson learnt: I would spare the people i love the pain of getting rid of my S*it by living simply and not accumulate things that are indifferent to me.
Lives of the Stoics is such a great read. I enjoyed each chapter.
so much quality content on this channel
Man , this guy can talk ! I wonder if he ever let's his mind relax with all the philosophy quotes bouncing around in his head.. I get alot of the ideas but a bit overwhelming to take in
Love all your book recommendations ❤
Purchasing the invisible man ❤
Dear Ryan sir, Greetings from India, and wishing you a very happy new year. I highly recommend you to read at least once "The complete works of Swami Vivekananda" series.
You say it’s your job to read, how can one make reading their job as you do? Is it because you’re a writer? I am interested in doing a similar career path. Maybe a video of how you achieved your success would be useful? Thank you for these videos, my life is improving from your words. You cause me to think very deeply. I don’t want to be you but I’d like to be more like you or at least the you I perceive of you in these videos. It seems like a wonderful way to exist. Thank you.
"Tragedy and Hope a history of the world in our time" by Carroll Quigley or his condensed version "The Anglo American Establishment" or Antony C Sutton's three volume series "Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development" or his Wall Street Series.
Epictetus said to stop reading and start living. His view of his students endless parade of "necessary" books was that once the principles are known, they are merely distractions, and often just another excuse to memorize, and expound, rather than implement the teachings.
"How then do we admit that virtue is such as I have said, and yet seek progress in other things and make a display of it? What is the product of virtue? Tranquillity. Who then makes improvement? It is he who has read many books of Chrysippus? But does virtue consist in having understood Chrysippus? If this is so, progress is clearly nothing else than knowing a great deal of Chrysippus." Epictetus (Discourses)
I agree, isn’t it more “proving” to get out and put it into practice..live it...don’t hide your light, your gifts or anything which would contribute to benefit society...hmm is that the ego now? Sigh.
Subscribed! Great stuff
I picked up Meditations and The Daily Stoic the start of this month. I'm learning quite enough atm. Thanks, Ryan.
I’ve only read 2 of these on the list so these are going on the list for 2021!!
Thanks. Happy New Year. Brave move re-reading The Road
Thanks for the list!
I'd like to see a list of books that a person should read if they only had one year to live (maybe a list of 25 books that they have to read before they die).
My recom:
Máster and Margarita- M.V
Meditations Marcus Aurelius
The perfume
Your content is liberating. I will definitely check out the books you are recommending. Especially Meditations by Marcus.
Make sure you get the translation he recommends ✨
@@intentionalliving7326 Will Do 💜
I've been meaning to order Meditations. Used your link to order it. Thanks!
Wonderful!
Thats awesome as the right translation makes a difference
@@intentionalliving7326 it really does!
Marcus Aurelius: "Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."
Thank you for the recommendations. Love your books and videos!
Brilliant choices 🙌🌿 will check then out..
I follow and listen to your podcasts daily on spotify, I had no idea you have a YT channel!
Is the podcast Daily Stoic?
Now you do!
Thank you for recommending Taylor Branches books. 🤓
Awesome video Ryan, I Actually Just started to read this year!
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Ryan, I've been following you more closely since you appeared on 2b1c with Tom, so sending love from the mommies here. Please stop repeating parts of your video in edit, I always check the time stamp to see if I had rewind while not looking. Thanks for creating
Im sad..I have always been known as a bookworm but in the last few years ive been having a tough time reading, why?, I dont know....I have loads of books and I will make 2021 my "the return of the bookworm" year....Im sure I have the book The Great Influenza somewhere...Just find your channel & love how you explain everything...Thank you....
For me the best books I read this year are: Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life, The Trouble with Peace
, Marketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business
, The SEO Way: Beginners Guide to Search Engine Optimization
Ryan Holiday is a individual masterpiece
How to Influence People and Win Friends
Meditations
12 Rules for Life
Endurance
Crime and Punishment
Think Grow Rich
Freedom from Fear
Gulag Archipelago
I like that heavily JBP influenced list.
Endurance is incredible
@@v1adeemir Peterson has also opened the doors to other great minds that I’ve never heard of before, Douglas Murray, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Carl Jung.
@@Beano2100 It demonstrates just how strong people really are.
Thats a great list. Endurance is in my to-read list.
HAPPY NEW YEARS and Thank you for sharing your inspiring knowledge 👍❤️
This was outstanding!!!
The list and the commentary 🤩
I think your content is great, man, but I've watched 12 videos now and I haven't seen one of them without you mentioning Marcus Aurelius/Meditations lol.
History is the greatest hits compilation.
Great vid DS!
You're incredibly naive if you think historical writing and documentaries are not politicized.
Thank you! Exactly!
This in a great list im going to buy and read all of these
My books are on the shelves, in my wardrobe and on my windowsill.
Me, looking behind the Daily Stoic: this could actually work out...
Thank you for the knowledge. What sales/persuasion books do you recommend?
great work funny about Jefferson read it but lived a life on chaos!!
Brilliant! Thank you!
One day maybe, could you do a video on how you stack books like that? Those appear to be 3 or 4 deep.
Also, I wanted to ask a serious question about some of the ideas you champion. How does it work that we never step in the same river twice, but history is a broken record, always repeating itself? It seems contradictory to me.
As much as I hate you Ryan, I love what you do, what you teach. Your voice, words, and sentences are mesmerizing.
wtf?
@@DailyStoic his application of that particular adjective vs his description of you don't even remotely go hand in hand. Its very strange.