The book discusses the physicalist view of the mind and how this view does not necessarily reduce the richness of spiritual experiences
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Gabriel started reading Perfume by Patrick Süskind

Perfume by Patrick Süskind, Patrick Sskind
An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's …

Waking Up by Sam Harris
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion is a 2014 book by Sam Harris that discusses a wide range …
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Gabriel started reading The Way of Liberation by Adyashanti
Gabriel started reading Waking Up by Sam Harris

Waking Up by Sam Harris
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion is a 2014 book by Sam Harris that discusses a wide range …
Gabriel started reading Enchiridion by Epictetus

Epictetus: Enchiridion (Paperback, 2016, Vigeo Press)
Enchiridion by Epictetus
Born a slave and lamed by his master, Epictetus studied Stoic philosophy while in captivity. Once freed, he survived Domitian’s …
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Gabriel finished reading Map and Territory by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Map and Territory by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Map and Territory is the first book contained in the ebook Rationality: From AI to Zombies, by Eliezer Yudkowsky. It …
Gabriel finished reading Linked by Albert-László Barabási
This was very informative for me at the beginning when author unveils the powerlaw. The second half was less informative but was an enjoyable exercise of extrapolation that both helps to fixate concepts and flexibilise notions we already have. Overall a good pop science book
loppear reviewed Determined by Robert M. Sapolsky
two or three very good chapters
3 stars
Lighter and more liberally uplifting than I expected, though not all strong, the late chapters on the shifts in society as we ceased to treat schizophrenia, epilepsy, etc as personal moral failings stand out. From mostly neuroscience cases and psych experiments lens pushes at any gaps for spontaneous decision making separable from our histories of a second, an hour, a year, a millennium. Then moves into implications for society, primarily our societal morality and justice system's injustices built on individual responsibility.
Lighter and more liberally uplifting than I expected, though not all strong, the late chapters on the shifts in society as we ceased to treat schizophrenia, epilepsy, etc as personal moral failings stand out. From mostly neuroscience cases and psych experiments lens pushes at any gaps for spontaneous decision making separable from our histories of a second, an hour, a year, a millennium. Then moves into implications for society, primarily our societal morality and justice system's injustices built on individual responsibility.
Mércurie Janeai quoted A vida não é útil by Empty Author
Uma operação de resgate tem como intuito salvar o corpo que está sendo flagelado e levá-lo para um outro lugar, onde será restaurado. Quem sabe, depois de uma reabilitação, ele pode até seguir operante na vida. Isso partindo da ideia de que a vida é útil, mas a vida não tem utilidade nenhuma. A vida é tão maravilhosa que a nossa mente tenta dar uma utilidade a ela, mas isso é uma besteira. A vida é fruição, é uma dança, só que é uma dança cósmica, e a gente quer reduzi-la a uma coreografia ridícula e utilitária. Uma biografia: alguém nasceu, fez isso, fez aquilo, cresceu, fundou uma cidade, inventou o fordismo, fez a revolução, fez um foguete, foi para o espaço; tudo isso é uma historinha ridícula. Por que insistimos em transformar a vida em uma coisa útil? Nós temos que ter coragem de ser radicalmente vivos, e não ficar barganhando a sobrevivência. Se continuarmos comendo o planeta, vamos todos sobreviver por só mais um dia.
Gabriel rated The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August: 5 stars

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Catherine Webb
Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, …











