Software as Soulcraft and the Metaphysics of Engineering with Neal Davis
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How Do You Select Books?
A book is consumption in the sense of eating, right? Like i it's taking a new thing into you and giving it the opportunity to become part of you. Some author s are worth reading, but they're not trustworthy. You don't know if you can trust any particular author or not. So you also shouldn't be afraid to put a book down if it's a book that is not improving you,. That even if you don't agree with it, if you're not engaging with it in a certain way, you know. Old books are important for a couple of reasons: They preserve modes of being as well as their content.
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