Lemanakmelo’s Comments (group member since Aug 23, 2014)

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Hmm, I'm not sure. I think I probably tend to just read books that relate to me without thinking of it consciously. But maybe it's not just an INTP thing.

Lol, I wonder if there was a group before ours too. I never checked.

Sweet :D I also think it's very INTP that no one wanted to be mod, lol.

I guess I'll do it. I'm in the middle of finals so I'm hoping it's not too time consuming.

I'm glad you mentioned Pragmatic Thinking and Learning then, because it sounded interesting and I immediately wanted to read it based on your descrition, but when I looked it up I was like "wait, is this for me?". I'm definitely adding it to my list.

Awesome! I love branching out to new book categories, I hope you find some interesting stuff in there.

Leif, that sounds interesting. Is that book relevant to non-programmers?

Brian, did that book change your career path or is it more of an interest you spend a lot of spare time reading about?

And Leif, is Pragmatic Thinking and Learning your most influential book?

I recently did one of those facebook things and it was similar to this, but it was the top 10 books. It's hard to say which single book influenced me most, because they all influenced me in different ways. But for right now, if I had to pick one that has definitely led to me making major changes in my life, I would say The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. But there are two books that are almost as important as that. One is In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan, and that was the first book I read in this vein, so it led me to Omnivore's Dilemna. And the other was Eating Animals by Jonathan Saffran Foer, which I read after Omnivore's Dilemna but it kind of spurred me to action.

Edit: Oh I forgot to say how it changed my life. Well I learned a lot about farming practices and how they affect the environment in Omnivore's Dilemna, and how they affect our health. So after reading that I basically stopped eating beef, because the idea of corn-fed beef was horrendous to me (not just for the animals, but for how unhealthy it was for me too). And Eating Animals was kind of a reminder of what I had learned in Omnivore's Dilemna, along with new information and points of view. (sidenote: I just realized that "Dilemna" has been underlined on my browser a bunch of times. I'm only going to fix it in the first reference, because I think it is a correct alternative spelling considering my brief research, language and grammar are only what people actually do, after all.) So Eating Animals really got me going to find sustainably sourced meat. So now I eat almost exclusively pastured beef, and sometimes "organic" poultry, which isn't necessarily pastured or sustainable, but I think a better alternative than the standard grocery store variety.

I don't think it's dead, I think the main point was to see what other INTPs are reading. Maybe we could have some discussions on books that we noticed others have read?

There is also the book of the month thing that Trevor suggested which I don't think has started yet, I'm not sure if Trevor is still up for running that or if there is anyone else willing to.

Yes! This sounds awesome!