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Trey Hunner

treyhunner@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 2 months ago

I teach Python programming for work, but my reading is largely about world betterment, self improvement, and interesting, insightful, or fun fiction. I pretty much exclusively listen to audiobooks.

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Atul Gawande: Being Mortal (2014)

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is a 2014 non-fiction book by …

Review of 'Being Mortal' on 'Goodreads'

This book is emotional and took me a while to get through, but it was worth it. Considering end of life care is important for everyone. This book has given me some things to think about as I grow older and as my parents and relatives grow older.

Gavin De Becker: Gift of Fear

The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence is a nonfiction self-help …

Review of 'Gift of Fear' on 'Goodreads'

At the beginning of this book, I was afraid this book would disproportionately focus on dangerous but unlikely situations without noting how unlikely many dangerous situations are. But I was pleased that by the end of the book, there was discussion about the irrationality of many statistically unlikely fears and the media's unhealthy obsession with events that cause us anxiety but are not an actual danger to us.

The book was long for what it was, but I found it interesting enough. A summary of the book, including the list of pre-incident indicators, would probably be good enough if you don't have time to read it in full.

Cal Newport: Deep Work (2016, Grand Central Publishing)

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you …

Review of 'Deep Work' on 'Goodreads'

I found this book more valuable than nearly all other productivity/business books I've read.

You'll really want to practice active reading/listening while taking this book in though.

This book meanders through many different ideas/studies/analogies. I would have forgotten most of the insights I had while reading this book had I not been taking notes.

As I continue to improve my work habits, I plan to reflect on the mountain of notes I took while listening to this audiobook.