The Books that Changed the Way I Think.
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- Опубликовано: 29 май 2024
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A book that I read as a teen that changed the way I thought was In Cold Blood. That book made me realize that for some people murder is a very random and casual thing. It made me feel less safe in the world.
Books featured:
The Observable Universe by Heather McCalden
The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark by Don Thompson
Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
The Devil and the White City by Erik Larson
The Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich
Cults
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Seductive Poison by Deborah Layton
First things first....that top - the fuzzy collar is so fabulous ! The Devil in the White City was my gateway drug to Larson - I'm working my way through all his works.
The hermeneutics of the subject, by Michel Foucault (it made me understand the difference between ancient philosophie and modern philosophy and the importance of the transformational aspect of philosophy) and Slouching towards Bethlehem, by the great Joan Didion (and especially the essay Goodbye to all that. It made me ok with the fact that as we age, we change, our needs change, as do our aspirations);
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Same!
Not a book but a single essay altered my brain chemistry the most (at least as far as non-fic goes): "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction" by Ursula K Le Guin. Totally rocked my world.
Omg I JUST handed in my semester assignment. Perfect timing✨
I love Oliver Sacks's books! So fascinating.
I want to reply to this, it's so intriguing! I am a book person, all my best friends are dead authors. So asking myself, keeping it reductive, what one book has changed my mind? I quell at the answer. None. Is this sad, is this deleterious? Books have added to the stock of images, words, associations surely. Books have elicited strong emotions. Has any book altered me fundamentally, as I identify me myself or as a self, if such exists, which I deny categorically? No way man. Closest I ever came to transformation was LSD, decades ago. Even there I must say that what was revealed was what I had always suspected even as a tot. Discovery of changelessness, that.
I think it’s rather rare to find any book that alters your fundamental beliefs. For me there’s only been one, and I was 13 so I hardly had an outlook to change or a backbone to defend it. But are you really to say you’ve never been changed just because it wasn’t dramatic? That the associations, concepts, emotions and all never inspired any action or attitude, even one short-lived? Personally, I think about books I’ve read all the time. I’m not alone in that. Every time I’ve donated something for the last several years, I remember the concept of a moveable feast. I’d hardly say that book fundamentally changed my philosophy, but it does inspire me to be a touch less materialistic at times. This is all to say you don’t have to adopt a new law to live by for a book to change your thinking.
All meant with respect, of course! I’m young, certainly not well read, and probably over-optimistic. Obviously you said keeping it reductive, so I’m sure you’ve considered this lol. But I’m bored, and being (politely, I hope) contrary is fun from time to time 😁
I think you would really enjoy Get The Picture by Bianca Bosker. Journalist explores the contemporary Art Machine in NYC. Wild ride! The book was published this year.
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Loved this vid!!! I guess the most recently book that changed the way I think is The Californian Ideology, by Barbrook and Cameron, and I actually think you'll enjoy it, Ana! It's a look on the beginning of internet and the ideologies of people who were creating it. It's SO good
It's somewhat dated now as it was published in the 1950s but E. H Gombrich's 'The story of art' is a great introduction to Art History
Fabulous as always and would love to see more spring NYC reading vlogs from you! :)
Your hair!!! Gorgeous dahling!!
We have the same exact shirt!! Btw, you're incredible and I write down all of your recommendations.
Thanks!
ways of seeing by john bergers that had changed my perception of culture what we had seen in the world
Great list!! I’d love to see a fiction list as well ❤
yees the shirt and th lip color soo good
Your shirt is giving me Winter Olympics figure skating.
I've read many of Alain de Botton's books over the last 20+ years. I return often to this line from his book "The Consolations of Philosophy": "We must reconcile ourselves to the necessary imperfectability of existence...We will cease to be so angry once we cease to be so hopeful" (85).
I've also read a handful of books by Caitlin R. Kiernan. This dialogue exchange from "Murder of Angels" made me so sad the first time I read it:
"What if you're wrong and we never get to find out? It's kind of presumptuous, isn't it, assuming that dead people know any more than we do."
"My, but we're in an existential mood, today, aren't we?"
"It's just something I was thinking about yesterday morning, that's all. How terrible it would be to be dead, to be a ghost and know that you're dead, and still not know if there's a God." (67).
Interesting selection of books! I also loved and was completely engrossed in The Devil In The White City. Erik Larson is such an interesting writer and it always amazes me how much research he must put into all of his books. I have Thunderstruck in my TBR pile. Love the sweater and the lipstick on you! ❤💄
not me finally joining the patreon for potential cult content. (i had already been planning to join "eventually" but this pushed me over the edge!)
I’m posting a poll to see if it’s a desirable video right now :)))) thank you for joining!
damn that last book sounds soo fascinating… i think the book that rlly just altered my brain chemistry was the wall by marlen haushofer (i know i’m a broken record)
That's one of my all time favorite books and this is the first time I've seen someone else mention it online! That book is really on another level
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Just one of the many books that have changed my mind about how a story can be told without a linear timeline is Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. Astounded my undergraduate brain!
The road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinardó was such a good account of the entire history of the cult. It was so well written and it was crazy to watch his cult grow from the very begining to what it blew out too
The books that most profoundly changed my thinking were all popup books.
The Ishmael Series by Daniel Quinn changed my view of society and increased my awareness of the narrative we are told of how humans should and have lived. Shifted my whole perspective.
The Personality Brokers by Merve Emre changed my perspective on personality tests and made me think harder about what I accept as scientifically true. It’s about the history of the Meyers Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI), it’s creators, and it’s corporate use. I read it during college and it was the perfect time for it to blow my mind!!
For me it was The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class
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Please make one for fiction as well!
I think Fight Club and Flatland fundamentally changed me as a person. Probably Black Box Thinking as well
LOVED this video! I feel like richness lies in variety and you always inspire me to read broadly and about things I don’t know enough about😊 A book that changed the way I think has to be “Liquid Modernity” by Zygmunt Bauman - it’s such an interesting concept that made me understand how the contemporary world truly works from a sociological point of view - I highly recommend it!
Where do I start? I’ll name the first two that came in my head, but probably a good 15-20 books have changed my perspective. “48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene helped me realize that in this world, you can’t be naive or you’ll be taken advantage of. I’ve been naive over my life and I see how that has hurt me. “Factfulness” by Rosling helped me realize that critical thinking is sooooo crucial in this world!
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe was the first nonfiction book I read that truly held my attention like a novel! It was so fascinating I would think about it all day at work and couldn't wait to read it haha
Human kind, a hopeful history - changed my whole perspective on humanity.
PLEASE READ "Camp Fear" by Tom Bland
I'll always support you queen. Just saying
Interesting recommendations. Just curious on the Sacks book. Were the Sack's case histories fictional (and the book, a novel) or based on real-life people (a non-fiction work)? I thought it was the latter, but I could be wrong.
They're based on his real-life patients! Or at least most of them are.
Have you read “A Girl is a Half - formed thing” by Eimear McBride
I’m currently reading it and I think it’s going to be a book that changed my mind lol
Maybe a controversial choice, but The Women Who Run With The Wolves was definitely a book that stuck with me and I think I'll reread over and over. Also The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks made me look very differently at medicine and research!
Witchcraft
A History in Thirteen Trials
By Marion Gibson is a captivating read. This book really made me think about women of the past and how we live today.
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I love Erik Larson. I've read six of his books. Devil in the White City is the first one I read. Funny thing: I didn't like it all that much, primarily due to the World's Fair chapters -- which I found boring. I started skipping them to get back to Holmes halfway through the book. But I saw enough of the genius that I tried out another one of his books, In the Garden of the Beasts, and was hooked. Another funny thing, your two favorite books of his are my two least favorite. I'd go Splendid and the Vile, Garden of the Beasts, Isaac's Storm, Demon of Unrest, Dead Wake, and then Devil in the White City. But at least we agree he's awesome! (P.S. I'm going to his book event in LA on 5/28. I can't wait.)
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For me it's Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti above all books. Didn't need much of a push, but it turned me into a big ol' commie.