Pradeep rated Harry Potter and the Stone in the Mirror: 5 stars
Captures how much tyranny, abuse and manipulation can break people till they are no longer themselves.
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Pradeep rated Harry Potter and the Last Enemy: 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Last Enemy by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, #05)
Pradeep rated Harry Potter and the Call of the Phoenix: 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Call of the Phoenix by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, #04)
Pradeep rated Harry Potter and the Deathly Shadows: 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Deathly Shadows by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, #03)
Pradeep rated Harry Potter and the Legion of Chaos: 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Legion of Chaos by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, #02)
Pradeep rated Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality: 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, #01)
Pradeep reviewed 1984 by George Orwell
The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 …
Very good dystopian fiction
5 stars
This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important, it's about how to …
Read this if you struggle with indulgence, be it with social-media, gaming, series etc
5 stars
Through stories of interviews with her clients the author talks about how addiction works, how to heal and how pleasure and pain are related. How addictions are invariably filling some void in the person. Worthwhile read if you struggle with indulging or bingeing.
Pradeep rated Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence: 5 stars
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Dr. Anna Lembke, Dr. Anna Lembke
This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important, it's about how to find the delicate balance between …
Pradeep commented on Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté
A groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society …
Liking the book so far.. It presents how prevalent Psychosomatic illnesses are and how so many of the common illnesses such as Cancer and auto-immune diseases are highly linked to repressed or suppressed stress. The author talks about the correlation between Niceness at the expense of oneself and higher rates of disease...
Pradeep rated The Martian: 5 stars
The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one …
Deep Work by Cal Newport
One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve …
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
This book is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up together. It is the …
Pradeep rated The Demon-Haunted World: 5 stars
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths …
