read
(192)
currently-reading (3)
to-read (486)
favorites (20)
peace (33)
entrepreneurship (25)
history (22)
fiction (21)
sci-fi (20)
philosophy (18)
self-improvement (18)
social-theory (18)
currently-reading (3)
to-read (486)
favorites (20)
peace (33)
entrepreneurship (25)
history (22)
fiction (21)
sci-fi (20)
philosophy (18)
self-improvement (18)
social-theory (18)
classics
(17)
memoirs (17)
health (16)
computing-history (15)
biographies (14)
business-narrative (14)
political-theory (14)
programming (14)
science (13)
psychedelics (12)
cha-ching (11)
artificial-intelligence (9)
memoirs (17)
health (16)
computing-history (15)
biographies (14)
business-narrative (14)
political-theory (14)
programming (14)
science (13)
psychedelics (12)
cha-ching (11)
artificial-intelligence (9)
If I can recommend storytelling to you for any reason at all, it would be that storytelling helps you realize that the biggest, scariest, most painful or regretful things in your head get small and surmountable when you share them with two,
...more


“Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.”
―
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.”
―
Nikhil’s 2022 Year in Books
Take a look at Nikhil’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Business, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Philosophy, Self help, Spirituality, Thriller, and Young-adult
Polls voted on by Nikhil
Lists liked by Nikhil