Story of My Experiments with Truth
by Mahatma Gandhi · first published 2015
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…without trying to add my smart-a* comment but more as a way to come back later in life and read the articles. For this year, here are some of the books I liked (quite a few of them are re-reads); - The Story of My Experiments with Truth, the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi (English Version) - Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford - Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb…
on “Ask HN: What's the best book you read in 2021?” ↗Like KK, I recommend Gandhi's book. Hell, I recommend the title. The Story of My Experiments with Truth Gandhi didn't outsource the pursuit of truth. He thought it was too important. It was a job that would be poorly done if left to the authorities religious, political, or scientific. Just like good hackers…
on “Books That Changed My Life” ↗The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatama Gandhi. The book is about a humble journey of a simple man who became a great soul and in that process freed a nation from British colonial oppression.
on “What one book could give me a new, useful superpower?” ↗I really loved The Story of my Experiments with Truth. It even inspired me to visit India. There were moments listening to it when I just sat down kind of in awe — Gandhi really was an exceptional person. And there are also excruciatingly boring parts where…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗Gandhi was a self-proclaimed seeker of truth (his autobiography is titled, "The Story of My Experiments with Truth") and a religious and very spiritual man. Do you believe he was liar too?
on “The Truth Matters and Secular Humanists Should Defend It” ↗The Story of my Experiments with Truth - Mahatma Gandhi. I recently read another book (Autobiography of a Yogi) that included an excerpt from this book, and it piqued my curiosity into Gandhi’s struggles in India. So far I’ve found it different…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗…to it!, nothing wrong with that), but you get the gist. I guess that in other words what I am saying is: beware of the survivorship bias on the left side of this spectrum. -- Finally, the book: "The story of my experiments with Truth", Ghandi. Definitely belongs to the "work hard" extremity and a very interesting read; but I don't want to create an impression that I find it special in any way because of my above comment, it is just…
on “Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things” ↗